On September 14 in Cardiff, the leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Michelle O’Neill, will sign a joint declaration demanding that their regions be given the right to hold referendums on independence. The document will also be devoted to economic and energy cooperation and relations with Europe.

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On December 5, 1994, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum with three nuclear powers who guaranteed its security and independence in exchange for giving up its stockpile of nuclear weapons. This agreement was supposed to prevent any conflict between Ukraine and Russia. But it turned out to be a useless piece of paper.

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