A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kuril Islands on Sunday, August 3. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers. As per ...

Moscow's harsh reaction to the rhetoric of Japan's new leadership has sent a clear signal to Tokyo amid tensions between ...

The Japanese government has been evaluated as strengthening its territorial claims over Dokdo, the Kuril Islands (Northern Territories in Japanese), which are under Russia's effective control, and the ...

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Southern Kuril Islands were transferred to Russia on legal grounds following the results of World War II, as enshrined in the UN Charter MOSCOW, August 4 ...

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Russian Far East early Wednesday. The quake was one of the biggest ...

MOSCOW (— A powerful earthquake struck Wednesday off Russia’s Far East coast, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents ...

Natalya Nikonorova also addressed recent Japanese claims, saying that their statements about the events of August 1945 distort historical facts MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. Russia’s sovereignty over the ...

MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War Two could only begin once Tokyo abandoned what Moscow described as a ...