WIRE — President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's far-eastern Kuril Islands for the first time on Thursday, prompting protests from Japan which also claims the territory. Russian-Japanese relations have long been strained over the disputed islands. Japan calls them the Northern Territories and says they were seized by the Soviet Union in 1945. The Kremlin released video of
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