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Omar Hernandez in downtown Moscow. He says problems that came from speaking his mind too freely in Cuba led him to leave in the early 90s. Now he's lives in Russia.

Is Russia's romance with Cuba coming to an end?

March 23, 2016
Culture

When Fidel Castro ushered in the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere, Soviet Russia fell in love with Cuba. And the romance that lasted decades.

Is Russia's romance with Cuba coming to an end?
Vladimir Zhidovich

Here's a rare glimpse of JFK's assassin, from his co-workers in Minsk, Belarus

November 20, 2013
Global Politics
Here's a rare glimpse of JFK's assassin, from his co-workers in Minsk, Belarus

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