a few seconds agoRussia accuses Japan of ãorusophobia and immoral attacks
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(3 years ago)Moscow yesterday accused Tokyo of “rusofobi” and “immoral attacks” on the Ukrainian Russian invasion, which the Kremlin officially describes as a special military “”. The two countries have crashed for decades for the status of the Crown Islands. The Soviet army invaded the island's archipelago during World War II, but Japan claims four of the islands that [...]
Despite subsequent consultations, both sides failed to resolve their differences and formally sign a peace treaty. Japan, which followed the footsteps of Western powers and imposed sanctions on Russia for its invasion in Ukraine, celebrates “on the day of the Northern Territories” every year on February 7th to remind its citizens of that territorial claim.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the event this year “was marked by a special Russian-based intensity”, citing officials' statements and what she called “aggressive activity” by the Japanese extreme right forces close to Russian missions.
“We have noted that this time unconventional claims against the Southern Curly Islands were accompanied by vicious attacks against Russia concerning the situation in Ukraine,”, it said in a statement. The Russian army has presence on the islands, which have a population of about 20,000. /abcnews. al
