breakingnews
10.11.2009, 18:43
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Russian businessmen due to represent the Sakhalin region in Tokyo next week have been denied visas for Japan. Russia’s Foreign Ministry has called the move unacceptable.
21.05.2009, 15:58
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has called “unacceptable” the recent statement by Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso that “illegal occupation of Southern Kuril Islands is going on.”
20.04.2009, 16:24
A new row has erupted over the Russia-Japan disputed territories issue. A high Japanese official has suggested Russia and Japan divide up the Kuril Islands, which has infuriated his country’s authorities.
28.12.2009, 14:14
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Russian and Japanese stances on the Kuril Islands issue still differ, but the states wish to resolve the matter eventually, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a meeting with his Japanese counterpart.
08.06.2010, 15:50
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The Russian Premier has said that the UN resolution on the Iranian nuclear problem must not block the way for the republic’s peaceful atomic program. Putin has also called on Tehran to cooperate.
29.09.2010, 13:16
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President Dmitry Medvedev will visit the Kuril Islands in the near future despite Japan’s warnings that the trip may negatively affect relations.
31.10.2010, 08:21
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Russia and Vietnam have cemented their relations by signing a deal to construct Vietnam’s first ever nuclear power station.
24.11.2009, 15:31
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The Japanese government has adopted a document claiming that Russia “illegally occupies the South Kuril Islands.” Russia’s Foreign Ministry has sent a letter of protest to Tokyo in response.
Kuril islands dispute
12.05.2009, 22:14
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Ownership of the Kuril Islands – hotly disputed by Russia and Japan - is an issue of strategic importance for Russia since it’s the country’s access to the Pacific Ocean, says political analyst Ekaterina Koldunova.
11.06.2009, 19:34
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Russia mustn’t react to Japan’s House of Representatives’ bill calling four Russian Kuril islands an “integral part” of Japan, says Natalia Stapran from Moscow State University of International Relations.
Published: 12 May, 2009, 17:01
The territorial dispute between Russia and Japan, which stopped the countries from signing a peace treaty after World War II, will be discussed at the next G8 summit in Italy.
