Article: RUSSIA: KURILE ISLANDS ISSUE SPARKS CONTROVERSY.(Brief Article)

Article: Russia Opposes U.S. Remarks on Kurile ...
Xinhua English Newswire;  March 19, 1998 ;     349 words ...Russia Thursday criticized ... statement that the Kurile Islands (Chishima Islands ... James Collins said in Russia's eastern city ... still recognized the Kurile Islands as Japanese territory. Experts from Russia and Japan are expected ...

Article: A polite bow: Japan and Russia. (the two countries are ...
The Economist (US);  December 3, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... provocation. Last year Russia's leader, Boris ... returning two of the four Kurile islands that Russia grabbed from Japan ... 700m loan for Lukoil, Russia's biggest oil firm ... from boats near the Kurile islands and agreed to open ...

Article: JAPAN-RUSSIA: FOR NOW, KURILE ISLANDS ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... decision regarding the disputed Kurile Islands. "I think the prime minister ... matter resolved peacefully. "Russia for the time being will not ... toward Japan because of its (Russia's) domestic situation ... neglected its diplomacy with Russia" because of the territorial ...

Article: RUSSIA: FEARS ABOUT KURILE ISLANDS ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  June 25, 2001 ;     574 words ... ... that Russian leaders are prepared to give back some of the Kurile Islands to Japan. Earlier in the month, the Russian Foreign Ministry ... through which they would resolve their disagreements about the Kurile Islands. JAC Copyright (c) 1999. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted ...

Article: RUSSIA: RUSSIA TO SELL MINERAL RIGHTS ON ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  February 17, 2005 ;     469 words ... ... Trutnev on 17 February announced that Russia will begin auctioning off mineral concession in the disputed Kurile Islands, Japan's Jiji Press reported. Trutnev ... official told the news agency that Russia is already exploring gold deposits ...

Article: FOREIGN MINISTER CLARIFIES RUSSIA'S POSITION ON ...
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  November 15, 2004 ;     365 words ...Russia is prepared to compromise ... November. Lavrov noted that Russia was able recently to resolve ... our relations with Japan." Russia and Japan have never signed ... because of the dispute over the Kurile Islands, which were occupied by Soviet ...

Article: RUSSIA: FOREIGN MINISTER CLARIFIES RUSSIA'S ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  November 15, 2004 ;     588 words ...Russia is prepared to compromise ... November. Lavrov noted that Russia was able recently to resolve ... our relations with Japan." Russia and Japan have never signed ... because of the dispute over the Kurile Islands, which were occupied by Soviet ...