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According to the Japanese Kyodo publisher, Russia refuses to even discuss with Japan the transfer of the two Russian islands of the Kuril Islands Ridge after the scandalous admission of Tokyo at the G-20 Summit in Osaka. It is worth remembering that Japan defiantly in defiance of international acts concluded on the basis of the World War II, in the materials for the meeting designated these islands as Japanese territories. This can be seen at the very beginning of the video by clicking on the link: https://www.g20.org/en/photos/others.html#videos

Moscow declared a protest to Tokyo and now does not even accept the discussion of the Kuril Islands transfer issue. And the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries is complicated by a close alliance between Tokyo and Washington, which has the right to deploy its military bases throughout Japan. Consequently, if the islands come under the jurisdiction of Japan, American military bases will immediately be located there, which is unacceptable for Moscow.
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A deal to settle the territorial dispute is really not on the table anymore. Instead, Russia is now proposing to deepen economic cooperation by introducing visa-free travel for residents of the Russian island of Sakhalin and Japan's island of Hokkaido. With this special arrangement, former islanders can visit the tombs of their ancestors on the Kuril Islands. To maintain the special relationship with the Trump administration, Japan cannot pursue a pro-Russian policy any further, while other Western nations take a harder line with Moscow. If a treaty were ever signed, Putin could suffer a domestic backlash from nationalists, which would be a blow to his reputation. There is also a plan to build Ainu heritage sites to attract tourists from the United States and Asia.

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Nothing brings different nations together like food. The members of the Japanese visa-free delegation, who arrived on Iturup on Sunday, and the local residents, who came to meet with foreigners at the district house of culture and sports, could be convinced of this. As part of a cultural exchange, culinary workshops took place there.

The delegation went straight from the seaport to DKiS, and while the final preparations for the “belly festival” were being completed in the foyer, the Russian and Japanese sides exchanged greetings in the hall of the concert and concert complex.

The first deputy head of the administration, Vladimir Degtyarev, spoke for the people of Kuril.

- We are always happy to welcome guests. In recent years, more tourists and delegations from countries such as Korea, the United States, and China have begun to arrive in the area, and we hope that we will see tourist groups from your country too,” Vladimir Degtyarev said.

The speaker noted that the local authorities, for their part, are doing everything to improve the infrastructure in the municipality.

- We continue to build roads and are gaining momentum in the improvement of Kurilsk and the villages of the region. A special walking path with a length of 2.7 km is being built. And thanks to JSC Gidrostroy, it became possible to visit another thermal spring with very good mineral water. At the same time, we are trying to treat our heritage with care, and when you drive around here, you could see that archaeologists have already begun working in the coastal area. This is a lot of money, but we go for it, and during the summer, archaeologists should explore the sites where Ainu settlements or camps are located. We hope that our work will contribute to increasing the attractiveness of our area for guests from all countries,” Degtyarev concluded.

https://sakhalin.info/news/173625

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