Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands ... brown • Japan reaffirms sovereignty over Kuril islands, annexed by Russia in 1945 The post Interactive map of obscure ...

GORKI, July 23. /TASS/. The Russian authorities are planning to restore both the civilian and defense infrastructure of the Kuril Islands off Russia’s Pacific coast as part of the targeted ...

Russia’s defense minister intends to station a new Russian army division on the disputed Kuril Islands in 2017. The deadlock is rooted in the entrenched positions of both sides.

Located in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, the Kuril islands stretch for 1,250 km from the southern tip of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula southwards to the Japanese island of Hokkaido, forming a ...

A view shows a military vehicle of the Bastion coastal missile system that went on duty on the Kuril island of Paramushir, Russia, which is one of the islands claimed by Japan and also known as ...