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The disputed islands are Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and a small group known as the Habomai islands.
Disputed Isles 2011
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The disputed islands are Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and a small group known as the Habomai islands.
Disputed Isles 2011
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Gorbachev came ready to offer the other two islands, Habomai and Shikotan.
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This ecoregion in the Far East of Russia encompasses the broadleaf forests at the southwest tip of Sakhalin, and the Kurile Islands of Kunashir, Iturup and Shikotan.
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Until now, Japan has limited its claims to the South Kuriles of Khabomai, Shikotan, Kunashir, and Iturup.
Wording of Japanese resolution leaves Ruskies wondering » Japundit Blog 2005
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The part of the document that really got the attention of the Russians, however, demands that the Japanese government intensify its talks with Moscow in order to conclude a peace treaty “by resolving the problem of sovereignty over Khabomai, Shikotan as well as Kunashir, and Iturup and other northern territories” emphasis mine.
Wording of Japanese resolution leaves Ruskies wondering » Japundit Blog 2005
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Shikotan (island) Russia (de facto) 43 47 N 146 45 E
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Shikotan (island) Russia (de facto) 43 47 N 146 45 E
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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International disputes: inherited disputes from former USSR including: sections of the boundary with China; islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, and Shikotan and the Habomai group occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, administered by Russia, claimed by Japan; maritime dispute with Norway over portion of the Barents Sea; Russia may dispute current de facto maritime border of midpoint of Caspian Sea from shore; potential dispute with
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in Japan as the
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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