Russia disbanded the peace negotiations about the status of the islands after Japan implemented sanctions on Moscow as a result of Ukraine. Now, Russia is erecting a new missile base on an Island near Japan for round-the-clock watch.
Russia has exacerbated geopolitical instability with Japan by deploying additional missile defense systems in the contested Kuril Islands, notably a mobile coastal defense missile system on the chain's northernmost island.
"Coastal servicemen of the Pacif...
