Governor puts parts of Russia's Sakhalin on high alert after cargo ship runs aground

Soviet troops took control of the four islands off Japan's Hokkaido - known in Russia as the Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories - at the end of World War II and they have remained in Moscow's hands since. The dispute has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty.

Again, historical context is excluded. Entirely as per signed agreement with the Allied partners, incidentally with the signing occurring in a place called Yalta, Crimea, precisely located in the Russian Soviet Socialist Federative Republic in Feb 1945 (having never moved).

Potsdam in summer was a reaffirmation of the commitments made. Read about it.

There is no justification for the Soviet land grab of the four islands. Taken after Japan surrendered. The Allied powers never considered the four islands to be part of "the Kuriles". Stalin reinterpreted the agreement with an eye on invading Hokkaido itself.

"On August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, in violation of the Neutrality Pact that was still in force between Japan and the Soviet Union, opened war against Japan. Even after Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration on August 14 of the same year, making clear its intent to surrender, the Soviet Union continued its offensive against Japan and occupied the Four Northern Islands from August 28, 1945 to September 5, 1945. "

https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/ryodo_eg/taiou/hoppou/hoppou01-02.html#:~:text=the%20Soviet%20Union.-,The%20leaders%20of%20the%20US%2C%20the%20UK%20and%20the%20Soviet,no%20way%20bound%20by%20it.

What was that about Japan being the one trying to turn the islands into a dump?

JJEFeb. 10 08:14 am JST

Soviet troops took control of the four islands off Japan's Hokkaido - known in Russia as the Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories - at the end of World War II and they have remained in Moscow's hands since. The dispute has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty.

Again, historical context is excluded. Entirely as per signed agreement with the Allied partners, incidentally with the signing occurring in a place called Yalta, Crimea, precisely located in the Russian Soviet Socialist Federative Republic in Feb 1945 (having never moved).

Potsdam in summer was a reaffirmation of the commitments made. Read about it.

Unequal treaties are unequal treaties and can rightfully be nullified at any time.

We are over 85 years past any legitimate grievance Japan had.