It is likely that there will not be a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia this year — or ever one at all. If ...

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TOKYO, May 23. /TASS/. A group of citizens of southern Kuril Islands arrived on Thursday in northern Japan under a visa-free exchange program, authorities of the Nemuro port in the Hokkaido ...

Eelpouts are primarily bottom-dwelling species, found in deep trenches or around hydrothermal vents in some of the planet’s most extreme environments, Thiel said. The new species were both caught at ...

TOKYO, November 21. /TASS/. The Japanese government said on Monday its previous approach towards the Southern Kuril Islands remains unchanged. "Our fundamental position remains unchanged that is ...

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.

MOSCOW--Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he will definitely one day visit the Southern Kuril Islands which are at the centre of a dispute with Japan that has lasted since World War Two.

The blunt remarks by Medvedev, a former president who is deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, over what Moscow calls the Kuril islands are likely to anger Japan which lays claim to four ...

The Northern Territories, a group of four islands known as the Southern Kuril Islands in Russia, are administrated by Moscow after being captured at the end of World War II. The Japanese 2024 ...

Russia’s defense minister intends to station a new Russian army division on the disputed Kuril Islands in 2017.