mutantsushi on 03 April 2018
Relatedly, maybe a Russian could say why Russia keeps all Kuril islands (including non-formally disputed ones) in one province, when together they cover distance as long as Japan's entire main island (~750 mi/ 1300 km) and are mostly uninhabited except at far south and far north. Seems like north would be better off linked with Kamchatka which is shorter ferry or plane flight. Kamchatka already includes islands which are further away in Pacific. Simply a desire not to complicate negotiations with Japan? not that internal province borders per se matter for that. I assume all their Coast Guard stuff doesn't care about province borders.
