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WASHINGTON Russia is looking to expand its military presence and has its eye on Cuba and other Latin American countries. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russia has come up with a list of countries where it’s considering opening military bases. They include Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Vietnam, according to Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and first lady Rosario Murillo (center and right) walk with Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) upon his arrival at the international airport in Managua, Nicaragua on July 11, 2014. Cesar Perez AP “The talks are under way,” Shoigu told reporters in...

HANOI, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will take great efforts to further strengthen cooperation with Russia, including in energy, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Dung expressed his pleasure at the effective cooperation between Gazprom Neft and the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group ( PetroVietnam) in recent years during the meeting with Alexander Dyukov, CEO of Russian oil and gas group Gazprom Neft, in Vietnam' s capital Hanoi on Monday. Dung affirmed the Vietnamese government's support for energy cooperation between Russian oil and gas enterprises, including Gazprom Neft, with PetroVietnam for mutual interests and boosting multifaceted ties. The...