Putin Visits Japan-Claimed Western Pacific Island for 1st Time
Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)--Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to one of four Russian-held western Pacific islands that Japan calls its Northern Territories on Thursday, according to reports from Russia's state-run Tass news agency and other media. Putin toured a fish processing plant on Etorofu with Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko, who effectively oversees the...
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