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                       Posted - 07 Jun 2010 :  09:39:56 AM
                        
                        
                        
                      
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                        R1MV, MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND (NEW AGREEMENT SIGNED!). A press release  from Jarmo, OH2BN, dated June 5th, states: On May 27, 2010, an agreement  on the lease of the Russian part of the Saimaa Canal zone to Finland was  signed in Lappeenranta, Finland, by the Prime Ministers of the Republic  of Finland and the Russian Federation. The new 50 year agreement supersedes  the initial lease of 1963 which is due to expire in 2013. The new lease  no longer includes Malyj Vysotskij Island, the present R1MV DXCC entity.    The coming into effect of the agreement is subject to ratification  by the parliament of Finland and the Russian duma later this year.  
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