On the 5th, the Russian government unilaterally announced that it had canceled the so-called "visa-free exchanges" and other agreements by former islanders of the Northern Territories that had been concluded between Japan and Russia.
He also instructed the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to notify the Japanese government of this decision.
In March this year, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its intention to suspend peace treaty negotiations with Japan, including the Northern Territories issue, in response to the Japanese government's imposition of sanctions following the military invasion of Ukraine. Among them, he announced his intention to suspend exchange projects such as "visa-free exchange".