Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at the board meeting of the Defense Ministry told about the planned expedition sailors of the Pacific Fleet to the islands of the Greater Kurile chain and for this campaign.
The sailors of the Pacific Fleet April will go to a three-month expedition hike to the islands of the Greater Kurile ridge, the head of the Defense Ministry of Russia Sergey Shoigu during a speech at the Ministry’s board
“The main goal – to explore the possibilities of long-term home of the Pacific fleet.”, – he explained <. / p>
Shoigu also said that in response to the build-up of NATO’s military capabilities in Europe, including in the vicinity of the Russian border, the Russian Federation is constantly improving its combat strength of the Western military District.
in recent years, Ministry of Defence is in the Kuriles active military construction. As stated Shoigu in January, the Armed Forces this year will complete the formation of the military infrastructure in the Kuril Islands, as well as the island of the Arctic
Kuril Islands are the subject of long-standing territorial dispute between Russia and Japan -. Tokyo claim to the Kuril Islands Etorofu, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai archipelago, referring to bilateral trade and Treatise on the borders of 1855.
The Return of Tokyo islands made it a condition of concluding a peace treaty with Russia, which at the end of the second world war and was not signed. Moscow’s position is that the Southern Kuril Islands became part of the Soviet Union by the end of the war and the Russian sovereignty over them having international legal registration, can not be questioned.
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