Vladimir Putin's first visit to disputed Pacific islands draws Tokyo protest
Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan, which voiced a diplomatic protest over the trip. Putin visited a fish plant, a hospital and a school on Iturup, one of the volcanic chain's southern islands. He also briefly spoke to local residents and met with the governor of Russia's Sakhalin region, Valery Limarenko.
- ▪Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago
- ▪Putin visited a fish plant, a hospital and a school on Iturup, one of the volcanic chain's southern islands.
- ▪He also briefly spoke to local residents and met with the governor of Russia's Sakhalin region, Valery Limarenko.
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Vladimir Putin's first visit to disputed Pacific islands draws Tokyo protest August 13, 202612:40 PM ET By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko in Kurilsk on the Iturup Island, the largest of the Kuril Islands of Russia's fareast, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan, which voiced a diplomatic protest over the trip. Putin visited a fish plant, a hospital and a school on Iturup, one of the volcanic chain's southern islands.
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