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 instabilityby 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 opposite side of the Sea of […]

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