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For people who want to read up, this is quite a complex situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute#World_War_II_agreements https://en.wikip

• q1w2 5y ago
  The history is complex. The current politics are not. It's just a way of Japan reminding Russia how unhappy it is with the war in Ukraine. The islands are barely inhabited.
  • ceejayoz 5y ago
    > The islands are barely inhabited. It's not about the inhabitants, it's about the 200 nautical mile radius around the islands that becomes yours for economic purposes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone