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Russia gives hero's welcome to five Cuban spies released from U.S. jail

MOSCOW - Russia gave a red-carpet reception to five Cuban spies who served long prison terms in the United States, hailing them on Tuesday as heroes "of fortitude and resistance" and stressing its own role in securing their release.

The Cuban Five were convicted of spying on Cuban exile groups in Florida at a time when the anti-Castro extremists were bombing Cuban hotels and staging acts of sabotage meant to destabilise the communist government.

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