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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited the disputed Kuril Islands claimed by Japan for the first time. Kremlin released video of Putin’s visit. He visited a fish processing plant on the Kuril Islands.
After Putin’s visit, Japan expressed strong protest and said that this area is its part. There has been a dispute between Russia and Japan for 80 years over 4 islands in the Pacific Ocean. Japan calls it the Northern Territories, while Russia considers them part of the Kuril Island Group.
2 photos related to Putin’s visit
Putin tastes caviar. It is made from sturgeon fish eggs and is counted among the most expensive foods in the world.
President Putin on Wednesday visited a fish processing plant on Iturup Island in the Kuril Islands.
Dispute between Russia and Japan over 4 islands
There is a dispute between Russia and Japan over four islands located in the Pacific Ocean. Japan calls them the ‘Northern Territories’, while Russia considers them part of the Kuril Islands.
The islands were captured by the Soviet Union in 1945, during the last days of World War II. After this, about 17 thousand Japanese citizens living here were removed from there.
After the occupation, the Soviet Union built air and naval bases here. Due to their strategic location in the Pacific Ocean, the military importance of these islands continued to increase. Even today, Russia keeps a large number of soldiers and modern military equipment deployed here.
After the end of World War II, most of the countries had signed peace treaties among themselves, but due to the dispute over the Kuril Islands, Russia and Japan have not been able to do so till date.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev became the first Russian president to visit the Kuril Islands in 2010.
Names are almost similar in both countries
The special thing is that the names of these disputed islands are almost the same in both the countries. Russia calls them Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai, while Japan knows them as Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai.
About 20 thousand people live on these four islands. It is very cold here, but due to the large reserves of minerals like gold, silver and fish, the economic importance of these islands is very high.
Russia agreed to give 2 islands, Japan did not agree
After diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Japan were restored in 1956, efforts to resolve the dispute began. At that time, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had proposed to return Shikotan and Habomai Islands to Japan in exchange for a peace agreement, but Japan was not ready to accept anything less than four.
Even after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, several rounds of talks took place between Russia and Japan, but no solution was found. In 2010, then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev became the first Russian president to visit these disputed islands.
Dmitry Medvedev later became Prime Minister. Then once again he visited Iturup Island in the Kuril Islands in August 2010.
After this, Russia further strengthened its military presence here, while Japan continued to reiterate its claim. After the Ukraine war, relations between the two countries deteriorated further. Now Putin’s visit is being seen as a message to reinforce Russia’s claim on these disputed islands. ———————–
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