Russia asks US to follow base closure

Moscow - Russia urged the US yesterday to respond in kind to its closure of a spying base in Cuba and shut down Cold War surveillance…

Moscow - Russia urged the US yesterday to respond in kind to its closure of a spying base in Cuba and shut down Cold War surveillance centres monitoring Russia.

A foreign ministry spokesman, speaking a day after the announcement Russia was shutting its Lourdes centre outside Havana, particularly singled out a US-built radar installation in Norway.

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