Militaryization and cooperation with China. How Russia looks at Northern Territories

The problem of the Kuril Islands should be seen in a broader perspective, in which legal issues form the background of the dispute with Japan, but in reality they are of fundamental importance to Russia with the Ochocki Sea basin. It is not only about the proximity of the “North Territories” located close to Hokkaido Island,” writes Prof. Piotr Ostaszewski.