05 August 2013 (13:48 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Ramadan 1434/14 Mordad 1391/29 Geng-Shen (6th month) 4711

The Military-Maritime Fleet of the Russian Federation has arrived in Havana, Cuba, exchanging 21 gun artillery salutes with Cuban port batteries.  Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian ships have visited Cuba only a few times.

This time three Russian military ships are in port for five days, and the Moskva is open to public viewing today.  The Russians will visit historical sites, and their comrades in the Cuban navy.  Officials say this is a step in rebuilding military and political ties with the former Soviet state known as Russia, and Cuba.