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How is the Ising model an example of a lattice model as per Kontsevich?

In section 3.2 of Kontsevich's very interesting paper "Notes on motives in finite characteristic,", he gives an axiomatic definition of a "lattice model" attached to a Boltzmann datum $(V_1,V_2,R)$, where $V_1$ and $V_2$ are vector spaces and $R$ is a linear endomorphism of $V_1$ tensor $V_2$. He remarks that the 2-dimensional Ising model is an example. Can someone explain to me what $V_1$, $V_2$, and $R$ are for the 2-dimensional Ising model?

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