• Putin greeted the children of Russian sleeper agents in Spanish as they landed in Moscow as part of a prisoner exchange.
  • The children had only just learned they were Russian on the flight, a Kremlin spokesperson said.
  • Their parents had been arrested in Slovenia after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  • cynthorpe
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    3 months ago

    That has got to suck. Something tells me Spanish is not high on the second language list

    • Cort@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      They do speak Spanish in Cuba though, so it may not be as low as you think

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        3 months ago

        I think it’s really a one-way relationship between the two. I don’t see Cuba benefitting much.