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To: bentway who wrote (236735)7/18/2007 1:49:42 AM
From: Elroy  Respond to of 281500
 
Those islands ownership had been disputed since the Russo-Japanese war at the turn of the century. From Russia's point of view, they were just taking back what was theirs anyway.

Well duh, but there weren't many Russian speakin vodka swillers on the island when Russia grabbed them.