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Back in 1956, we signed a treaty and surprisingly it was ratified both by the supreme soviet of the soviet union and the japanese parliament. but then japan refused to implement it and after that the soviet union also, so to say, nullified all the agreements reached within the framework of the treaty.
-Vladimir Putin
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Back In 1956, We Signed A Treaty

Vladimir Putin
Back in 1956, we signed a treaty and surprisingly it was ratified both by the supreme soviet of the soviet union and the japanese parliament. but then japan refused to implement it and after that the soviet union also, so to say, nullified all the agreements reached within the framework of the treaty.
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In 2000 the then prime minister of japan [yoshirō mori] asked me to return to this process, this conversation, these talks, and to do so, incidentally, on the basis of the 1956 declaration. i agreed. since then we have conducted dialogue in this regard but i cannot say that our japanese partners and friends have remained within the limits of the 1956 declaration.
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However, the treaty exists and it puts us in a different position toward the soviet union than the one we have toward other countries. yes, the treaty exists. nor does it exist on only one side. look how w3e're situated geographically and you'll see that india is very important for the soviet union.
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25 million of russian people suddenly turned out to be outside the borders of the russian federation. they used to live in one state; the soviet union has traditionally been called russia, the soviet russia, and it was the great russia. then the soviet union suddenly fell apart, in fact, overnight, and it turned out that in the former soviet union republics there were 25 million russians. they used to live in one country and suddenly found themselves abroad. can you imagine how many problems came out?
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