Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Later, when given an opportunity to speak, he said: "It is all right for the United States, England and Japan to establish a limit for their armaments because they are nations that are already functioning normally, but Russia has not begun to function normally; we have not yet reached normal conditions in our international agreements. We would be stabbing in the dark if we committed ourselves at this time...
Later still he formulated a demand that "the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea be declared closed zones, with Russia having the right to fortify herself to the limit within both seas and being allowed a tonnage equal to Great Britain's under the Washington terms...
...Premier Macdonald's action "imperceptibly recognizing Russia" was severely criticized by ex-Premier Stanley Baldwin. Ex-Premier Herbert Asquith voiced his approval. Both endorsed the accord with France Which Premier Macdonald...
Count Giovanni Manzoni, former Italian Minister to Yugo-Slavia, was slated as first Italian Ambassador to Soviet Russia...
Said Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov: "England, Italy, Germany, who all have recognized Soviet Russia de jure, are capable of absorbing all our raw materials and providing all the manufactured goods we need. We didn't buy recognition. Some countries are still trying to bargain with us; others still are muttering about old debts, etc. We refuse any such negotiations or any preliminary conditions. We demand, first of all, de jure recognition. That...