News archive on the topic "Kuril Islands"

Based on the experience of Japan, Ukraine should under no circumstances agree to negotiations with Russia. James Brown, a professor of political science at Temple University in Tokyo, writes about this in Nikkei Asia, one of the largest English-language magazines in Japan, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. He believes that “Ukraine can learn lessons from Japan’s long-standing territorial dispute with Moscow.” “The point is...

Ukraine faces the task of exhausting Russia, but at the same time, over time, Moscow can strengthen its position. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Diana Vinogradova, speaker of the paramilitary right-wing radical group Right Sector, said this in an interview with Kraina magazine. They asked her when Russia would fall apart. “When it is exhausted in this war. And the indicator will be the Kuril Islands. When Japan sees the weak...

The A Just Russia faction in the State Duma of the Russian Federation sent a letter to the Governor of Sakhalin Limarenko with a proposal to initiate an amendment to the Constitution to change the name of the region. The leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov, announced this today on the sidelines of parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We propose to call it the Sakhalin region and the Russian islands. Because those four islands that Japan regularly claims...

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Russia is no longer interested in negotiations with Japan on a peace treaty, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Projects for visa-free visits by Japanese citizens to the four Kuril Islands and joint economic activities in this region are also being terminated. All these measures were taken as a response to the restrictions against Russia imposed by the Japanese government. Deputy Chairman of the Council...

The events of recent days leave no room for doubt that the United States and its “six” have unleashed a real war for the economic and ideological strangulation of Russia and its people, since their arms were too short to finally resolve the “Russian question” by military means. As soon as unprecedented economic sanctions were introduced against our country, “our partners” exposed their true colors, previously...

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted today in the first reading a bill providing for tax exemption for 20 years for enterprises that will be registered on the Kuril Islands. However, no exception is made for foreign companies. “You all understand who we mean,” noted deputy Olga Anufrieva, who presented the bill. Today, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference that Japan...

Mobile operator MTS congratulates its subscribers flying into Yuzhno-Kurilsk airport on their arrival in Japan. The provider provides communication services at an international tariff, designating the Kuril Islands as an international roaming coverage area. This was reported by the Sakhalin website SKR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Welcome to the Land of the Rising Sun! “You have the “Foreign” option enabled,” the provider informs. At the MTS representative...

In the coming year, the Far East and the Arctic may become a zone of provocations from Japan and the United States. As reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, military expert, editor and commercial director of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine Alexey Leonkov said this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, answering the question of where there could be potential hot spots along the perimeter of Russia in the new year. "I think that…

A sharp outflow of population continues from the Russian Far East. A critical situation with the financing of development projects is observed, in particular, in the Kuril Islands. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy and Problems of the North and Far East Nikolai Kharitonov stated this at a meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Problems remain, and most importantly, the outflow does not stop today...

At one of the meetings in the government of the Sakhalin region on October 14, a map was shown on which the Kuril Islands (Shikotan, Kunashir and Iturup) were painted in the same color as Japan. Ponomarev, the chairman of the Sakhalin branch of the Russian Geographical Society, was the first to draw attention to this. He was supported by Russian State Duma deputy Alexey Kornienko, who sent inquiries to the governor and prosecutor of Sakhalin.…

The authorities of the Sakhalin region propose to build a large ski resort on Iturup, the largest island in the southern group of the Great Kuril Islands. This was reported by the Sakhalin Kuriles news agency, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In addition to the sports component (13 kilometers of trails), the project includes a tourist village for 700 guests, equipped hot springs, a new asphalt road and even a golf course.…

Protecting Russia's interests requires the army to especially focus its efforts on two strategic areas - the Far East and the Arctic, where there is growing tension and it is necessary to neutralize threats. This was stated by the head of the military department, Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting of the Ministry of Defense held the day before. Currently, a large-scale re-equipment of air defense forces with the latest systems is underway, military infrastructure is being built - airfields, modular towns, berths...

On September 3, our country will celebrate Military Glory Day - the 75th anniversary of the surrender of militaristic Japan and the victorious end of World War II. Before the start of the Cold War, world powers, former allies in the anti-Hitler and anti-Japanese coalitions, generally adhered to objective assessments of the contribution of each side to the victory over the common enemy. But after Churchill’s famous Fulton speech...

The amendments to the Constitution approved at the referendum, prohibiting the alienation of any territories of Russia, concern not only one or two regions that are widely known, but a much larger number. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is enough to mention Vladimir Mashkov’s initiative to ban the alienation of territory. I think many have seen the reports as residents of one of the territories of Russia, for whom this...