THE president of Cuba's Council of State and Ministers, Mr Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, and Russia's prime minister, Mr Dmitry Medvedev, signed a $US 1.88bn 10-year contract on October 3 for Russian Railways (RZD) to upgrade more than 1000km of Cuba's rail network. The project involves the 835km Havana Central - Santa Clara -Camaguey - Santiago de Cuba central line, the southern November 19 - Navajas line and the Montalvo line (166km), and the Santa Clara - Cienfuegos line and the Refineria line (77.4km).
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