The Russians also may be interested in resuming and expanding Cold War era espionage cooperation. The Soviet Union built the Lourdes electronic eavesdropping facility near Havana and used it to spy on U.S. military and technological secrets. It was closed by the Soviets following U.S. pressure in the 1990s, but could be recreated. ==
Accually it was closed by Russia latter then in 1990th. Th eresons was that the today communications go through the wire connections and syphered. So no need to eardropping the american cell phoners.