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bertil
on March 8, 2022
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Japan has declared today that the southern Kurils ...
Many people are tempted to compare the claim to the Russian argument in Dombass: it’s a much smaller claim (20k inhabitants), a consistent one since 1945. The population is notoriously isolated, too.
tgv
on March 8, 2022
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It was given to the Soviet Union when Japan lost in WW2, basically, so the claim has a rather different background.
skhr0680
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It wasn't given to the Soviet Union, which is why the Soviets refused to sign the San Francisco peace treaty
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