Today -100: January 20, 1926: Of diplomatic relations & ministerial crises

Switzerland is working on restoring diplomatic relations with Russia. This is important because the big upcoming international disarmament conference will take place in Switzerland, and Russia is still peeved at the assassination in 1923 of Vatslav Vorovsky, Russia’s delegate to the Lausanne Conference, and the subsequent acquittal of his killers; it’s been boycotting Switzerland ever since. Russia is demanding a pension from Switzerland for Vorovsky’s daughter Nina, who is 17 or so.

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