MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has deployed its Bastion coastal missile defence system to a distant a part of the Kuril island chain within the Pacific close to Japan, the Ministry of Defence’s Zvezda TV channel mentioned on Thursday.
Japan lays declare to the Russian-held southern Kuril islands that Tokyo calls the Northern Territories, a territorial row that dates again to the top of World Struggle Two when Soviet troops seized them from Japan.
The dispute has prevented them signing a proper peace treaty.
Russia used massive touchdown ships to ship gear and personnel to the distant Matua island within the central a part of the island chain, Zvezda mentioned.
Russia is attempting to beef up its navy infrastructure on the island chain, the Ministry of Defence introduced in August.
(Reporting by Tom Balmforth and Anton Kolodyazhnyy; enhancing by Barbara Lewis)
