Russia has reopened a Soviet spy complex in Cuba that has been officially closed since 2001 - The Insider

Russia has restored the work of the Soviet spy center "Lourdes" in Cuba, which was officially closed by Vladimir Putin in 2001, found out The Insider . According to journalists, since 2014, under the guise of diplomats, employees of the GRU and graduates of narrow-profile universities related to rocket science and computer technology have been transferred there under the guise of diplomats.

The Soviet authorities built the Lourdes radio-electronic center in 1967. With its help, the KGB and the GRU intercepted telephone conversations in the United States, information from American satellites and data from the NASA mission control center. About 3,000 people worked at the center.

Journalists discovered that several dozen Russian intelligence officers with a specialization in radio electronics and related fields are listed as employees of the Russian embassy in Cuba. They are not listed on the diplomatic sheet, but their children study at the school attached to the embassy.

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