The speaker of Russian state Duma Sergey Naryshkin expressed regret that the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe didn't use the Opportunity for dialogue with the Russian leadership at the celebrations for the anniversary of the Victory. traditionally in the Russian capital for the anniversary celebrations on the occasion of the Victory over fascism involved the leaders of many countries. However, a number of politicians, declined the invitation due to the crisis in Ukraine. The Japanese Prime Minister also did not want to visit the capital of Russia and sent a personal appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he explained the reasons could not participate in the celebrations on 9 may. "in Russia aimed at the development of multifaceted bilateral cooperation, and it is based on a regular dialogue between our leaders. Communication leaders had always helped to better understand at what stage the current Russian-Japanese Relations and what are the most promising directions of development ", - said the Speaker of the state Duma Sergey Naryshkin at the opening of the 3rd Russian-Japanese forum " points of contact: business, investments, sports ". "This opportunity to meet with literally not so long ago it was: 9th of may of the current year in the capital of Russia the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Victory in the war against gitlerovskoi Germany. This Possibility, unfortunately, was not applied", he continued. Relations between Russia and Japan overshadows the unresolved territorial dispute. Japan claims the four Islands of the Kuril ridge - Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai, pointing to the bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. The return of the Islands to Tokyo made it a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Russia, which at the conclusion of the Second world war was never signed. The position of the capital of Russia is that the Southern Kuril Islands became part of the USSR following world war I and the Russian sovereignty over them, having a proper international legal formalization, can not be questioned.