Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, an island in the disputed Kuril Islands chain claimed by both Russia and Japan, state news agency TASS said on Thursday. The neighbors never signed a formal World War Two peace treaty as the main hurdle was the unresolved territorial dispute over the islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories. On the trip, described by TASS as Putin’s first in person to the island chain, he visited the Yasny fish-processing plant on Iturup, after overseeing navy drills in Russia’s far east.

Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)--Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Wednesday that international documents confirm the Kuril Islands, including the four islands that Japan…

As follows from a video released by the Kremlin press service, Vladimir Putin visited the Yasny fish-packing factory on Iturup