🇷🇺 🇯🇵 Russian President Putin has made his first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, travelling to Iturup, one of four islands claimed by both Russia and Japan. Tokyo strongly protested the visit, calling it “absolutely unacceptable.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the far-eastern Kuril islands near Japan’s Hokkaido island for the first time on Thursday. Tokyo issued a strong protest in response to the Russian leader’s visit to the disputed territory claimed by Japan that was…