I don't know if this has been reported to the list before.

/Christian

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> RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 199, Part I, 20 October 2004
> MOSCOW CEDED DISPUTED ISLANDS TO CHINA IN RECENT BORDER ACCORD. In a
> border agreement signed with China on 14 October, President Vladimir
> Putin ceded to that country islands in the Amur River that the two
> countries have been arguing over for decades, "Komsomolskaya pravda"
> reported on 20 October (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 15 October 2004). The
> agreement recognizes Chinese control over Tarabarov Island and a
> portion of Bolshoi Ussuriiskii Island, near Khabarovsk, the daily
> reported. According to the report, Moscow agreed to the concession in
> exchange for an increase in bilateral economic cooperation. "Vremya
> novostei" reported on 20 October that Bolshoi Ussuriiskii Island lies
> in the flight path of military and civilian aircraft using airports
> in Khabarovsk and that Russia will now have to receive overflight
> permission from China. RC
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