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Putin compares U.S. plan to Cuban missile crisis« Thread Started on Oct 26, 2007, 11:01pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Putin compares U.S. plan to Cuban missile read at source> http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europ ... .htmlMAFRA, Portugal (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday compared the U.S. proposal to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s. Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) with Portuguese PM Jose Socrates at the EU-Russia summit in Portugal."Analogous actions by the Soviet Union, when it deployed missiles in Cuba, prompted the 'Caribbean crisis,"' Putin said at a news conference at the end of a European Union-Russian summit in Portugal, using the Russian term for the Cuban missile crisis."Such a threat is being set up on our borders," he said.At the same time, Putin suggested the tension was much lower than during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis because Russian-U.S. relations have moved on since the Cold War. He also said he believes the United States is listening to Moscow's concerns about its missile plans.