“We don’t care deeply about the “feelings of the Japanese people” regarding the so-called northern territories. These are not “disputed territories,” this is Russia,” he wrote on his VKontakte page.
For those who are “especially sad,” Medvedev suggested “death of life in the traditional Japanese way.”
“If, of course, you have enough courage. After all, it’s much more pleasant to passionately kiss Americans, completely erasing Hiroshima and Nagasaki from memory,” the politician added.
Earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced plans to conclude a peace treaty with Russia after resolving the dispute over the Kuril Islands.
Russian authorities have repeatedly spoken about the indisputability of Russian sovereignty over the Kuril Islands. As noted in the Kremlin, there are currently no prospects for negotiations on a peace treaty with Japan. According to Dmitry Peskov, Japan has actively joined the camp of unfriendly states.
At the same time, the Japanese side in the Blue Book on Japanese Diplomacy for 2023 used the wording about “illegal occupation of the northern territories.” In Moscow, in response to this, they recalled that the Kremlin does not accept such a formulation of the question and such formulations, because the Kuril Islands are an integral part of Russia.