Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Photostream : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Kunashir Island


Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits Kunashiri Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and Northern Territories in Japan, November 1, 2010. (Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, at the southern Kurils, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Russia's president visited an island in the Pacific Ocean claimed by both Russia and Japan on Monday, triggering immediate protests from Tokyo, which is already involved in a heated dispute with China over islands to the south. (Getty Images / AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, pool)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev takes pictures near Soviet-made Cold War-era defense turrets, during his visit to Kunashiri Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and Northern Territories in Japan, November 1, 2010.  (Getty Images / REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev )

Kunashir Island, November 1,2010 ( Photo by : DMITRY MEDVEDEV, Kremlin.Ru )

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits a church on Kunashiri Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and Northern Territories in Japan, November 1, 2010. ( Photo by : Yuzhno-Kurilsk / The Presidential Press and Information Office / Kremlin.Ru )

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) visits a church on Kunashiri Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and Northern Territories in Japan, November 1, 2010. (Photo by : Yuzhno-Kurilsk Photo: The Presidential Press and Information Office / Kremlin.Ru )