 More bilateral treaties followed, including two with Western countries (Austria in 1981 and Sweden in 1986), until the government announced its intention to join the Berne Convention in 1989.The USSR was dissolved before that plan could be realized.The Russian Federation acceded to the Berne Convention in 1994; the treaty entered in force in Russia on March 13, 1995.


International copyright treaties

International copyright is based on "national treatment"