- Title: Russia expands military construction plans on Kuril islands - report
- Date: 9th August 2021
- Summary: KURIL ISLANDS, RUSSIA (FILE) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VIEW OF KURIL ISLANDS FROM HELICOPTER VARIOUS OF RUSHING STREAM VARIOUS OF HOUSES
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2021 10:52
- Keywords: Japan Kuril islands Russia Vladimir Putin disputed islands
- Location: KURIL ISLANDS, RUSSIA
- City: KURIL ISLANDS, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA003EPK5TFR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russia plans to build 51 more pieces of military infrastructure on the Kuril islands, the state TASS news agency quoted Russia's defence ministry as saying on Monday (August 9).
Part of the chain is claimed by Japan and the territorial dispute over some of the islands dates back to the time when the then-Soviet Union seized them at the end of World War Two, and has kept the two countries from signing a formal peace treaty.
The ministry said in a statement it has erected more than 30 buildings on the islands, including seven living quarters for military servicemen on Iturup and Kunashir islands claimed by Japan and known as the Northern Territories there.
It provided no details on what kinds of buildings it planned to build in the coming years.
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