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Japanese Media Distort Lavrov Statement on Kurils - Source

Russia has repeatedly stated that its sovereignty over the four islands, annexed by the Soviet Union after the war, has indisputable international and legal foundations.

12:00 31/01/2012

Japanese media have largely misinterpreted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statement on the referendum over the disputed Kuril Islands

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17:29 24/02/2011
Washington's attempts to interfere in a dispute between Russia and Japan over the Kuril Islands are "unacceptable," the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesman said on Thursday.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador John Beyrle on February 21 to register disapproval of America's support for Japan's territorial claims on the disputed southern Kuril Islands. But this is just a war of words.
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13:45 13/11/2010
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Russia urges Japan to review its stance over South Kurils
03:17 02/04/2010
Russia is expecting Japan to review its position over the South Kuril Islands, which has hampered relations between the two states.
Japan protests over Russian border guard shooting
16:18 31/01/2010
Japan's Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a protest after Russian border guards opened fire at two Japanese fishing vessels off the disputed South Kuril islands.
Why is Russia holding on to South Kurils?
18:54 25/11/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The Japanese government has approved a document declaring the South Kurils an occupied territory.
Moscow protests Japan's stance on Kuril Islands
21:58 24/11/2009
Russia's Foreign Ministry sent on Tuesday a note of protest to Japan over a document describing the Southern Kuril islands as "territory occupied by Russia."
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06:37 08/11/2009
The Japanese government has resolved to halt humanitarian aid to Russia's South Kuril Islands after the Russian side rejected it
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Russian military officials will attend exercises of Japan's ground self-defense forces for the first time in the history of relations between the two countries
Russian-Japanese tug-of-war over Kurils
16:09 10/07/2009
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Russia's lower house of parliament adopted a statement on Wednesday declaring peace treaty talks with Japan pointless unless Tokyo cancels amendments to a law on the disputed Kuril Islands.
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The history of the Kuril Islands Dispute. INFOgraphics.
12:15 13/05/2009
Since 1945 because of the dispute concerning the ownership of the southern Kuril islands Moscow and Tokyo haven't been able to sign a peace treaty.
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10:31 05/11/2008
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20:32 04/06/2008
A regional division of British American Tobacco (BAT) Russia may face legal action after it published posters showing a map of Japan including the disputed Kuril Islands.
Kuril issue should not spoil Russia-Japan relations - Kamynin
19:42 18/10/2007
Kuril dispute affects trade relations - Russian PM
16:00 27/02/2007
Russia's prime minister urged Japan Tuesday not to allow a long-standing territorial dispute block bilateral trade or hinder economic relations.
Photo tour with RIA Novosti. Kuril Islands
11:10 14/12/2006
The Kuril Islands stretch approximately 1,200 km northeast from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean.

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Photo tour with RIA Novosti. Kuril Islands
11:10 14/12/2006
The Kuril Islands stretch approximately 1,200 km northeast from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean.

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The history of the Kuril Islands Dispute. INFOgraphics.
12:15 13/05/2009
Since 1945 because of the dispute concerning the ownership of the southern Kuril islands Moscow and Tokyo haven't been able to sign a peace treaty.

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Russia's row with Japan over Kuril islands

Russia's upper house of parliament has called Japan's renewed claims on the Kuril islands an "insult to the Russian people," and called for the visa-free travel regime between the islands and Japan to be ended.