MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that his country has no plan to hand over four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands to Japan, according to a Russian national television program aired on June 22.
Japan Times: Russia has no plan to hand over disputed isles to Japan
This picture taken on Oct. 10, 2018 shows Kunashiri island, part of an archipelago under Russian control, as seen from the Rausu Kunashiri Observatory Deck in Rausu, Hokkaido prefecture.
