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Russia Conducts Missile Drill near Japan-Claimed Islands

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Russia has conducted a missile drill around the northwestern Pacific islands at the center of its territorial dispute with Japan, according to the Russian Pacific Fleet. The exercise followed Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Etorofu, one of the four islands known collectively as the Northern Territories in Japan, on Aug. 13, and was apparently intende...

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