rtrapasso -> RE: Movement of Oil/Resources (10/21/2005 3:29:57 PM)
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ORIGINAL: testarossa Well, president Putin was hinting a couple of times already that a couple of billions US to his Swiss account would solve the problem. Japanese keep insisting that islands belonged to them before Russians took them, therefore they should get them back free of charge. I think it's a cultural barrier. Of course, iirc, the Russians insist the Japanese stole them in the Russo-Japanese War. Actually, the Japanese and Russians tried negotiating with the Japanese offering a fairly large "bribe" - but to the Russian government, not to Putin. I think they offered to forgive Russia's considerable debt to the Japanese - but it didn't work out.
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