Russia will deploy military aircraft to the disputed territory of Japan
Aviation aerospace forces (VKS) Russia will be based together with the civilians on the island of Iturup, part of the Kuril ridge. This follows from the orders of the government, which is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
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As noted in the document of January 30, 2018, the airport of Iturup joined approved in 2007, the list of airdromes of joint basing in the Sakhalin region.
Currently, the Kuril Islands, launched the 18th machine gun-artillery division, part of the Eastern military district. In addition, on the Islands of Iturup and Kunashir in the fall of 2016 hosted the latest coastal missile systems “Bal” and “Bastion” of the Pacific fleet of the Navy.
In February last year defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that by the end of 2017 the defense of the Kuril Islands will be strengthened. “We are actively working to protect the Kuril Islands. There we have to accommodate division, we also need this year to complete [the arrangement],” said the Minister.
The prospects of additional deployment of troops in the Kuril Islands of the Russian defense Ministry started to discuss in 2016. In particular, in the development of military infrastructure in the Kuril Islands was planned to create several new locations, including the abandoned military island.
Following the end of world war II between Moscow and Tokyo never signed a peace Treaty. The main obstacle to his signing is the unresolved territorial dispute over the southern Kuril Islands — Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai group. In Japan, the Southern Kuriles are called “Northern territories” and not admit them on Russian sovereignty, Moscow, in turn, recognizes the fact of the territorial dispute.