Russian politicians have criticized the map for the 2020 Olympics with the Japanese Kuril Islands
Map of the Russian Kuril Islands from Japan on the Internet representation of the 2020 Olympics caused a scandal, Russian politicians called the move an aggression and provocation. More - in the material of the Fins news .
Map of the Russian Kuril Islands from Japan on the Internet representation of the 2020 Olympics caused a scandal, Russian politicians called the move an aggression and provocation. More - in the material of the Fins news .
first on the official Internet representation of the Olympic games in 2020 four Russian Islands of the South Kuril Islands depicted from the Japanese Prefecture of Hokkaido.
A member of the Federation Council on international Affairs Oleg Morozov called these actions a manifestation of cartographic aggression.
the Russian authorities are obliged to request clarification, and propose an adjustment to the work of the Internet representation, He added.
for reviews of the Senator, such action Japan is not consistent with the spirit and letter of the Olympic Charter, for this reason it is right to appropriate would the position and the IOC.
"The territorial debate, as you know, is among many countries. But they are not taken out on the playgrounds, especially such as the Olympic games, " He finished.
for his Part, the Deputy of the state Duma, the deserved trainer Dmitry Svishchev expressed hope that the organizing Committee of the Olympic games will correct the map, as the sport is not required to be used for political issues.
in addition, such provocations will not affect Russia's position on the facilities of the South Kuril Islands, He added.
He gave advice to Tokyo in the 1st and foremost guided by diplomatic measures.
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 concluding peace with Russia, which at the end of the Second world war and was not signed.
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 2018 in Singapore hosted a meeting of Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe. The parties agreed to accelerate the negotiation process on the basis of mutual Declaration of 1956, which was a major concession from Japan.
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