In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

Q: (CNN) Russia, of late, has been demonstrating not only increased confidence in its own abilities and capabilities, but also a sense of urgency in being as well prepared as possible for open conflict. Russia's ramping up of hostile actions reflects not so much a disregard for its international reputation, as some commentators have suggested, as an urgent concern in Moscow at the prospect of impending conflict with the West. Each week brings startling new evidence of Russia's lack of restraint in pursuing its own security agenda. Opinions differ on the underlying objectives, but it is almost always a mistake to look for a single reason for Russian actions.Keir Giles: Each week brings new evidence of Russia's lack of restraint in pursuing its own security agendaRussia sees that it is already in conflict with the West in every domain except direct and deliberate military clashes, he says 
 Question:The move to overt, even blatant, intelligence gathering and probing for vulnerabilities has led to the activities of _ hackers, spies, submarines and satellites that previously were conducted in deep secrecy now being commonly reported in open media.

A: Russia
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Q: Havana, Cuba (CNN) Hurricane Irma, which devastated much of the Caribbean in September, has claimed a new victim: Raul Castro's succession plans. On Thursday, Cuban officials said the island was still dealing with the aftermath of the killer storm and needed to postpone long-held plans for Castro, 86, to retire on February 24, 2018, when his second five-year term ends. It was to have been the first time that Cuba was ruled by a leader not named Castro since the 1959 revolution that swept Raul Castro's older brother Fidel Castro to power. The wrath of Irma, however, delayed the Communist-run island's single party elections process, which appoints the Cuban National Assembly that in turn selects Cuba's president.Cuba, dealing with Hurricane Irma aftermath, says Castro will retire in April instead of FebruaryCastro has indicated first Vice President Miguel-Diaz Canel has his blessing to be the next president 
 Question:"My second and last term will have concluded," _ told Cuban lawmakers on Thursday, "and Cuba will have a new president."

A: Raul Castro
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Q: An illegal immigrant has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexual assault after taking a teenage girl, 13, from her home in Florida. Aurelio Hernandez-Gomez, 23, took the girl from her home in Polk County on Tuesday, driving her across the country to southwestern Michigan. She was reported missing on Thursday, and after authorities received information indicating the two may be at a Michigan residence, they found the young girl upon arrival. ABC 13 reports that after police spoke with the girl, they determined she had been sexually assaulted by Hernandez-Gomez. She is currently in the care of Michigan Children's Protective Services as authorities work out a way to reunite her with her family.Aurelio Hernandez-Gomez took a girl, 13, from her home in Polk County, Florida on Tuesday, driving her across the country to MichiganShe was reported missing on Thursday, and police found the two later that dayWhile speaking with the girl authorities also determined she had been sexually assaultedHernandez-Gomez is being charged with sexual assault in Michigan and kidnapping in FloridaHe revealed to police while being questioned he is an illegal immigrant who came into the country from Mexico 
 Question:Hernandez-_ was arraigned on Friday in Michigan on one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, with his bail being set at $150,000.

A:
Gomez
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