[DX] Malyj Vysotskij I.

[Mark K3MSB]

Thanks for the update Jari.

Pity politics are in play to deny DXpeditions.

73 Mark K3MSB

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jari Jussila <jari.jussila at oh2bu.pp.fi>wrote:

> Mark ...
>
> DailyDX March 14, 2011 says the following:
>
> "OH2BU, Jari, says the Daily DX February 4 update on M-V Island, Malyj
> Vysotskij, was incomplete and told just the first half of the story.
> He says Finnish authorities clarify that the new agreement on the
> lease of Saimaa Channel that was signed by Prime Ministers Vanhanen
> and Putin May 27, 2010 was ratified by the President of Finland, Tarja
> Halonen, February 4, 2011 and now it is up to Russia to ratify.
>
> The Russian Duma will consider it and the Russian government has to ratify
> it for the process to move along.  Once that is done, the two
> governments agree on a date to exchange paperwork.  The new agreement
> will go into force 30 days later.  All of this takes some time.  The
> agreement was previously expected to be in force by early January,
> 2011.  Unofficial word now puts the timetable as April.  Already,
> several DXpedition applications have been denied by Russia, including
> one backed "by the highest Finnish authority.""
>
> Looks like the April date was a too optimistic target, now it seems that it
> will take some 2-3 months before the new agreement is in force and M-V
> Island ripe to deleted.
>
> Jari, OH2BU (4J1FS, R1MVI, OH2BU/MVI etc.)
>
>
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>
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> On 18.7.2011 14:47, Mark K3MSB wrote:
>
>> I sent this question to the ARRL about a week ago but have received no
>> response.   Does anybody have any info ?
>>
>> I thought I read that Malyj Vysotskij I.  (R1/M) was going to be deleted
>> as
>> a DXCC entity later this year?
>>
>> I may be mistaken,  but thought I'd ask.
>>
>> 73 Mark K3MSB
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