Moscow, April 7, 2025 (AFP) - Russia bans Japanese NGO amid disputed islands row

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Russia said Monday it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in Japanese as the Northern Territories, lies off the northeast coast of Japan. The four islands were captured by the Soviet military during the final months of the war, and have been held by Moscow since, in what......

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