. Japan said the protest due to the fact that the Russian court declared lawful the confiscation of satellite phones have visited the Southern Kuril Islands to the Japanese. As emphasized in the Japanese foreign Ministry, it was the kind of protest: the actions of the Russian capital do not fit the official position of Japan, which considers the Southern Kuril Islands as its territory and does not recognize the use of Russian laws. in July of last year the Japanese correspondents and officials, arrived at the Kurils on visa-free regime confiscated undeclared communications. For such a violation in the Russian legislation provides for fines or confiscation unspecified when entering items, or without. The dialogue between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the lack of a peace Treaty. Japan claims the Islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. The return of the Islands Tokyo made it a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Russia, which at the end of the Second world war and was not signed. in 1956 the USSR and Japan signed a joint Declaration in which Moscow has agreed to take steps to transfer Habomai and Shikotan after the conclusion of peace, the fate of Kunashir and Iturup are not affected. The USSR hoped that the document will put an end to the dispute, Japan saw this as only part of the resolution of the issue. Subsequent dialogues nor to no avail. The position of the capital of Russia is that the Southern Kuril Islands became part of the USSR according to the results of the Second world war and the Russian sovereignty over them with appropriate international legal design, not subject to doubt. in November - after a meeting between Putin and Abe in Singapore parties declared the acceleration of the negotiating process on a peace Treaty and the Kuril Islands. For a basis decided to take the document of 1956, which was a major concession from Japan. the dialogue is complicated by the fact that Tokyo's support of anti-Russian punishment. <span style="color:darkgray