While the dispute over the Kuril Islands has sparked heated exchanges between and within Russia and ]apan, the real obstacle to improved relations is Russian domestic instability by SERGEI V. CHUGROV THE PART OF RUSSIA THAT FACES JAPAN IS called in Russian dalnii vostok, which means “far east.” A stretch of Japanese coast on the […]

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