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Cuban leader seeks Russian boost

Source: BBC News

Cuban President Raul Castro has arrived in Moscow for the first such visit since the end of the Cold War.

Mr Castro, who officially took over as president from his brother, Fidel, in February 2008, has said he wants to expand ties with Russia.

Relations cooled after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the flow of trade and subsidies to Cuba ended.

But relations have warmed recently. Mr Castro's visit follows one to Havana by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7856423.stm

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