Russia is pulling out from a landmark fishing deal struck with Britain in 1956 as a response to further sanctions imposed by the UK. The deal allowed British vessels into the rich fishing grounds of the Barents Sea, the coast of the Kola Peninsula and along the coast of Kolguyev Island.
The agreement was made in London by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in May 1956 at a turning point in the Cold War. In the same year, he denounced Joseph Stalin, proposed peaceful coexistence with the West and even visited Britain in April.
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