South Kurils aka Northern Territories

[termogard]

Japan protests Russian defense minister's visit to disputed islands

MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on officials to keep visiting the disputed Southern Kuril islands and vowed to boost development in this remote region.

In his meeting with Russia's Security Council, Medvedev stressed all the visits to the Southern Kuril islands, which is also claimed by Japan, are aiming to promote the region's development.

"All these journeys are connected with the single (task) -- we must pay more attention to the Kurils territories' development," Medvedev was quoted by local media as saying.

He recalled his visit to the region as the first Russian president, saying his visit was to encourage investments and social benefits growth for the South Kuril islands.

The president also called for more attention to the relations with Japan, saying the two countries should upgrade the Moscow-Tokyo strategic relationship.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Friday visited the Southern Kuril islands, in the wake of a series of visits by Russian officials.

Russia and Japan have long been at odds over the sovereignty of the four Pacific islands, which are called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

Last November Medvedev visited Kunashiri Island as the first leader from Russia to travel to any of the disputed islands. Later, Japan temporarily recalled its ambassador from Moscow to protest Medvedev's visit.

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Those four disputed islands were a reason for a long standing state of war between the USSR and Japan.

[termogard]

Bullet sent to Russian Embassy in Japan - spokesman

A bullet was mailed to the Russian Embassy in Japan on Tuesday, an embassy spokesman said, the day after a day of protest in Japan over the Kuril Islands sparked a diplomatic exchange.

Sergei Yasenev confirmed local media reports that the Russian embassy in Tokyo had received an envelope containing a bullet and a letter which said "The Northern Territories are Japanese land."

"We link this with activities of ultra-right forces or mentally unstable people," he said, adding that the Japanese police were investigating the incident.

The incident took place amid the heating up of a diplomatic row between Russia and Japan over four islands off Russia's far eastern coast, called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril Islands in Russia.

On Monday, during Japan's Northern Territories Day, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan called Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's recent visit to one of the islands an "inexcusable rudeness," sparking an angry reaction from Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the statement, which he said "sharply" contrasted with the "respectable and positive tone" of bilateral meetings between Medvedev and Kan last fall, was "clearly not diplomatic."

Medvedev paid a visit to the island of Kunashir in November 2010. Tokyo described the visit as "very regrettable," while Moscow said the Russian authorities would decide by themselves on their domestic trips. Following Medvedev's visit, Japan temporarily recalled its ambassador to Russia.

Japanese right-wing campaigners dragged the Russian flag along the ground outside the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on Monday and called for the return of the disputed islands. The embassy sent a protest note to the Japanese Foreign Ministry over the incident.

The sparsely populated islands in the Kuril chain between Japan's northern island of Hokkaido and Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula were annexed by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

February 7 marks the anniversary of the signing in 1855 of the Russian-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, known as the Shimoda Treaty, which Japan is citing as a legal ground for its territorial claims.

The dispute over the islands has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to formally end WWII hostilities.

TOKYO, February 8 (RIA Novosti)

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There are tough guys among Japanese right-wing radical groups. ROTFL
What a cool message Just like a Black Spot from a famous novel of R.L. Stevenson.

[Hideki1]

Good day dear Japanese friends! I advocate the return of the Northern Territories and southern Sakhalin in Japan . Russian pigs out there who hosted only destroy and plunder nature. Sakhalin and the northern territories of complete devastation. Recover all possible only after their return to Japan.

[termogard]

Originally Posted by Hideki1

Good day dear Japanese friends! I advocate the return of the Northern Territories and southern Sakhalin in Japan . Russian pigs out there who hosted only destroy and plunder nature. Sakhalin and the northern territories of complete devastation. Recover all possible only after their return to Japan.

Fag, push your brave statements into your asshole. Crappy worm is your real "dear friend"

[Hideki1]

Originally Posted by termogard

Fag, push your brave statements into your asshole. Crappy worm is your real "dear friend"

look at yourself fag! you lick ass medvedev! agent of the Kremlin! you only know how to curse. arguments please. I lived on Sakhalin and Kurile Islands, and I know more than you.

[JohnBraden]

Please, let's have some civility!

The only bit of Sakhalin and the Kuriles I've seen was from high powered binoculars and from the window of an EP-3.... From what I saw, there didn't appear to be much there....other than the military installations, I mean....

[termogard]

Originally Posted by Hideki1

look at yourself fag! you lick ass medvedev! agent of the Kremlin! you only know how to curse. arguments please. I lived on Sakhalin and Kurile Islands, and I know more than you.

No arguments and no conversation with lousy faggots like you. You just don't deserve it. Plain and simple. You entered this forum with insults toward to Russian side, like a typical pidor. This is your first and last name. Go clean toilets by your rotten tongue. Period.

[Nyororin]

Well, this thread died an early death...

Removing the insults and flames would leave pretty much nothing.