Russian leader Vladimir Putin made his first-ever trip to the Kuril Islands, which has stirred up a decades-old land disagreement with Japan. These islands were taken by the Soviet Union during the closing stages of World War II in 1945. Japan refers to the southern portion as the "Northern Territories" and asserts its right to own them, but Russia has kept the islands under its rule and military oversight ever since.

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