Tag: Kuril Islands

Diplomat warns Japanese PM’s ultimatums on Kuril Islands delay prospect of solving issue (TASS)

Ultimatum-sounding remarks by Japan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that Tokyo won’t agree to sign a peace treaty with Moscow without settling the territorial...

Kremlin emphasizes Southern Kurils part of Russian soil (TASS)

The southern territories of the Kuril Islands constitute Russian soil, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated, commenting in response to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's...

Japanese PM’s comment on Kurils complicates negotiations with Moscow, says Russian senator (TASS)

The statement of the newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that Tokyo’s sovereignty covers the Northern Territories (Japan’s name for the South Kurils...

(Russia/Japan/Kuril Islands) The Kuril Islands roadblock on a Russia–Japan peace treaty (East Asia Forum)

Andrey Gubin, Far Eastern Federal University, writes for East Asia Forum: During a press briefing at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on 5...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS – Russia Deploys Air-Defense Missiles To Disputed Kurile Islands (RFE/RL)

The Russian military has announced the deployment of advanced air-defense missiles to the Kurile Islands claimed by Japan. The S-300V4 air-defense missile systems have entered...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS/JAPAN – Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed chain of islands near Japan (Al Arabiya)

Russia said on Tuesday it had deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defense systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS – Russia’s latest S-300 air defense units enter combat duty on Kuril Islands (TASS)

Earlier, the commander of the Eastern Military District’s forces personally checked readiness to enter combat duty https://tass.com/defense/1229773