The Russian leader has not visited the Kuril Islands since 2010, when the then Kremlin head Dmitry Medvedev last made a visit here.
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V. Putin visited here for the first time.
Security expert R. Sakas explained to the publication “Postimees” what V. Putin aimed to achieve with this visit.
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As the analyst pointed out, a day before V. Putin’s visit to the islands, the Kremlin leader gave an interview in which he spoke about Russia’s bilateral relations with Japan and emphasized that Japan makes territorial claims on Russia.
