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(CNN)-- Russia's president visited the disputed Kuril Islands on ... Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Soviet Union in 1945 annexed the four southernmost islands, which previously ...

Russia and Japan have been negotiating a peace treaty after World War II since the mid-20th century. The main stumbling block to this is the issue of the ownership of the southern Kuril Islands.