News archive on the topic "Kuril Islands"

Ukraine refused to recognize Russia's sovereignty over the Kuril Islands, saying that they belonged to Japan. The corresponding resolution was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, whose meetings continue to be held in Kyiv with impunity, although the entire Ukrainian parliament falls under the need for denazification. In the document, Ukrainian deputies appeal to the international community with a proposal to consider the Russian islands “the northern territories of Japan,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "Supreme...

The Japanese government has published a requirement for new school textbooks on history, geography and social studies, in which the Southern Kuril Islands will now be recognized as “original Japanese lands.” Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We drew attention to the new requirement of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Culture of Japan for new textbooks on...

Russia should initiate criminal proceedings against Japanese politicians calling for the takeover of the Kuril Islands. Crimean political scientist Ivan Mezyukho stated this during an online round table, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The expert recalled that recently adopted amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation make it possible to equate such calls to extremism. “We see that the legislative changes that have already passed the State Duma...

Japan can carry out a rapid offensive operation and capture the Kuril Islands, destroying the base of the Pacific Fleet. Military expert Dmitry Drozdenko spoke about such a scenario during a round table in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Drozdenko, Japan's military potential significantly exceeds the forces of the Pacific Fleet. “The ground forces are relatively, if compared to our Armed Forces, not so...

The thesis that Ukraine will never give up attempts to return Crimea and Donbass under its control must be fixed in the minds of citizens and not disputed. Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko stated this during a briefing in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “At any time, Ukraine should not trade its territorial integrity and its political sovereignty...

Members of the National Corps party, the political wing of the Ukrainian national battalion Azov, today picketed the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine under the slogan “Kuril Islands for Japan, Crimea for Ukraine!” “We call for solidarity with our Japanese allies and demand that the authorities recognize Russia as an occupier of part of Japanese territory. We must open a second front of struggle against the common aggressor at the diplomatic level -...

Russia allegedly promised Japan that it would discuss the issue of transferring the four Kuril Islands if Tokyo did not support Ukraine. Ukrainian political scientist and economist Oleg Soskin stated this during a chat on the website of a Kyiv online publication, answering the question of why the issue of ownership of the Kuril Islands has now suddenly become relevant. “Because it is very important for Russia that Japan does not stand in...

On March 17, a march and another rally will take place in Moscow, organized by opponents of the transfer of the Kuril Islands to Japan, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The organizing committee is not reassured by the results of the negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese leader Shinzo Abe. We believe that there is a secret agreement on the transfer of three islands to Japan, an indirect sign of this is Moscow’s commitment to the joint Soviet-Japanese Declaration of 1956, ...

In Ukraine, they believe that the outcome of negotiations between the Russian Federation and Japan on the Kuril Islands will show what will happen to Crimea. International affairs expert of the Ukrainian Institute of the Future Ilya Kusa writes about this in an article on the website of the Kiev online publication “Apostrophe”. “For Ukraine in this context, this is important: the stronger Russia is in various areas of global politics, the weaker we are. Because…

Moscow police dispersed citizens who had gathered at the Japanese Embassy to meet with State Duma deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. According to deputy Denis Parfenov, this indicates that part of the Russian elite is interested in transferring the Kuril Islands to Japan. He stated this today on the sidelines of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The fact that patriotic Muscovites... is of great concern.

Negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took place “in a positive spirit,” but no concrete decisions were made. The Russian president told reporters about this today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Long-term painstaking work lies ahead to create conditions for reaching mutually acceptable solutions. The solution that the negotiators will propose must be acceptable to the peoples of Russia and Japan...

To retake Crimea and Donbass, Ukraine must seek help from all countries that have territorial claims to Russia. Verkhovna Rada deputy Pavel Kishkar said this on air on the Ukrainian TV channel Espreso, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I think that in 10-15 years we will have fairly correct contact with our Western partners. With Japan, including others...

The United States is using the territorial issue of the Kuril Islands as a way to create tension between Japan and its neighbors. Russian public and political figure, writer-publicist Nikolai Starikov spoke about this during a meeting with readers in the DPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Russian Foreign Ministry made a statement that Japan must recognize the results of World War II, that negotiations to conclude a peace...

Even if Russia agrees to hold a second referendum in Crimea, it will have the same result as in 2014. About this on air “Crimea. Realities”, a branch of Radio Liberty, Ukrainian international political scientist Boris Tizenhausen said bitterly. “It seems to me that preparations are underway for a dangerous story for us. Russia will say: there are disputed territories - Southern...