https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3299198
Похоже, что Путин и Абэ уже решили между собой, чем закончатся их щекотливые переговоры.
http://inosmi.ru/politic/20170517/239372457.html
Putin and Abe seem to have already decided between themselves how their delicate negotiations will end.
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/05/16/the-kuril-islands-on-the-installment-plan/
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2017/05/11_a_10669061.shtml
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/08May2017/wsj/arctic_01.html
At a time of heightened geopolitical tension, this week’s meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks, Alaska, carries extra significance. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, are due to attend. An unspoken objective is to ensure tensions elsewhere don’t spill over into the Arctic.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-arctic-source-of-conflict-or-cooperation-1494182867
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/04May2017/foreignpolicy/arctic_rus.html
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