Russian missile launchers move into position on Matua Island, part of the Kurils Islands chain, in 2021. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Handout via AP
Japan’s ‘anti-Russian course’ makes a WWII peace treaty ‘impossible’, Moscow says
- Russia and Japan haven’t formally ended WWII hostilities because of a stand-off over the Kuril Islands, which Tokyo claims as its Northern Territories
- Tokyo’s ‘openly unfriendly positions’ and ‘direct threats’ made signing a treaty unthinkable, Moscow’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday
Russian missile launchers move into position on Matua Island, part of the Kurils Islands chain, in 2021. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Handout via AP
