Obama plays with 10 million lives in the United States, Putin says Checkmate. The Cruise Missile could reach the United States in seven minutes. the presence of a Russian submarine in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks undetected. That report added that Russian military had also intruded in American waters off the coast of Alaska around the same time the submarine appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. Russia's presence in the region went mostly unchallenged in the aftermath of that discovery.

Obama plays with 10 million lives in the United States, Putin says Checkmate. The Cruise Missile could reach the United States in seven minutes.  the presence of a Russian submarine in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks undetected. That report added that Russian military had also intruded in American waters off the coast of Alaska around the same time the submarine appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. Russia's presence in the region went mostly unchallenged in the aftermath of that discovery.

Putin has made clear that Russia has interests far beyond their long-standing relationship with Cuba in the Caribbean and greater Latin America