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Putin's First Visit to Kuril Islands
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup Island in the Kuril Islands for the first time, beginning his visit with a tour of the Yashni Fish Processing and Freezing Plant. This follows several previous visits by Russian leaders to the islands since 2010. The visit is part of a tour across Siberia and the Russian Far East, emphasizing Russia’s sovereignty over the islands, which it considers part of Sakhalin Province. Japan, on the other hand, claims sovereignty over the four southern islands, viewing them as occupied territories. The Kuril Islands have been a persistent point of dispute between Russia and Japan since the end of World War II, with Moscow taking control of them in 1945 and Japan continuing to lay claim, maintaining ongoing tensions over the sovereignty of the archipelago.
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