Tag: Kuril islands

Japan has protested against Russian plans to hold military exercises off the disputed Kuril Islands chain, which was seized by…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on his MPs to enshrine “God” and heterosexual marriage in Russia’s constitution. Critics see the…

Russia is planning to deploy additional missiles on two islands in the northern portion of the disputed Kuril chain off…

Russia says it has laid fibre-optic cables to its Pacific Kuril islands that are claimed by Japan, delivering high-speed internet,…

Russia has no timeframe for agreeing to a post-1945 peace treaty with Japan, according to Russia’s veteran foreign minister Sergey…

Russia’s foreign minister has called on Japan to accept its Second World War defeat to move ahead with “peace” talks…

Russia’s then president Dmitry Medvedev visited the Yuzhno-Kurilsk fish plant in Kunashir, the southernmost of the Kuril Islands, in 2010. Source: Kremlin Russian…

Then president Dmitry Medvedev visited Kunashir, the southernmost of the Kuril Islands, in 2010. Source: Kremlin Russia’s Pacific Fleet has installed batteries of…

Kurilsk’s central square in the Kurils. Source: Wikimedia   Ministers from Japan and Russia have discussed a number of economic…

The uninhabited Ushishir, a Kuril island. Source: Flickr Moscow would never agree to limit its sovereignty over the Kuril islands…

One of the few Russian Kuril settlements. Source: Wikimedia     The Nikkei Asian Review has reported that Tokyo and Moscow were holding…

The Kuril islands are one of the world’s more remote spots. Source: Flickr Tokyo appears to have shifted its long-standing…

Earlier Japanese-Russian tensions: “The landing of the Japanese army. Welcomed by every nation at Vladivostok (sic)”. The Japanese occupation of…

  A Kuril island. Source: Wikimedia News coming out of Tokyo and Moscow suggests there might be a deal on…

A Kuril island. Source: Wikimedia There are positive signs that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is more open than before to…