Why Putin is testing Japan’s limits with visit to contested Pacific islands
- For a few hours last week, the volcanic island of Iturup became the stage for a confrontation that had been decades in the making.
- Vladimir Putin, accompanied by the governor of the Sakhalin region, toured a fish-processing complex, a hospital and a school on the island.
- For Russia, it was a routine presidential visit to a remote territory.
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- For a few hours last week, the volcanic island of Iturup became the stage for a confrontation that had been decades in the making.
- Vladimir Putin, accompanied by the governor of the Sakhalin region, toured a fish-processing complex, a hospital and a school on the island.
- For Russia, it was a routine presidential visit to a remote territory.
Sources: The Independent