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Much will be said about the Guyana/Venezuela dispute, in which ExxonMobil might as well be a third state, but worth noting the irony that none other than Fyodor (Friedrich) Martens, the Baltic-Russian jurist of 'Martens clause' fame, lies at its centre. ht
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@mfa_russia @diplohistory @rusembassynl @RusEmbEst @RussiaUN A Russian imperialist as well as colonialist who worked with the Belgian King Leopold on the establishment of the Congo Free State? Millions of africans died as the result of harsh economic explo
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@mfa_russia @diplohistory @rusembassynl @RusEmbEst @RussiaUN Martens who was born in Livonia (nowadays Estonia) also was a staunch Russian imperialist as well as colonialist and for example worked with the Belgian King Leopold on the establishment of the C