[5/11]Yoan Viondi, right, and Cristian Hernandez, left, speak with Reuters in Villa Maria, Cuba.
Viondi corresponded over Whatsapp with a Cuban woman known as Dayana who he said bought plane tickets to Russia for recruits.
He later became anxious and cut contact with her.
Everyone said, 'If I choose this, I won't die of hunger in Cuba,'" he said.
REUTERS/Alexandre MeneghiniVILLA MARIA, CUBA
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Viondi, Cristian Hernandez, Alexandre Meneghini VILLA
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Villa Maria, Cuba, Cuban, Russia, Alexandre Meneghini VILLA MARIA, CUBA