Russia has the right to deploy military facilities in those areas of the country where it considers it appropriate. This was announced on December 2 by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting to journalists on the deployment of new military facilities on the Kuril Islands.
According to him, the sovereign right of the state can hardly be disputed.
"Of course, the planning for the placement of facilities is carried out by our defense department, but all this is reported and coordinated with the Supreme Commander—in-Chief," he stressed.
As the Kremlin representative added, Japan remains a partner of Russia and Moscow values these relations.
"We have a problem in these relations, but we retain the political will to continue the dialogue in order to find ways to resolve this basic problem," he added.
Earlier that day, military historian Dmitry Boltenkov, commenting on the arrival on duty of the calculations of the Bastion coastal missile system, told Izvestia that a solid line of defense is being created on the southern Kuril Islands.
The expert noted that Bastions is a modern weapons system capable of destroying even large surface ships.
Earlier that day, the calculations of the Bastion coastal missile system of the Pacific Fleet took up duty on the island of the Kuril ridge Matua. The press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) of the Russian Federation also said that equipment, personnel and material assets were delivered to the island zone with the help of large amphibious ships of the Primorsky Flotilla of heterogeneous forces of the Pacific Fleet.
In August, it was reported that Russian military builders will erect 51 objects on the Kuril Islands. In recent years, more than 25 structures of various kinds have already been built in the Kuril Islands.
Following the results of the Second World War, Russia and Japan have not yet signed a peace treaty. The main problem in reaching agreements is Tokyo's claims to the Southern Kuriles. The Japanese side still calls the islands of Kunashir, Iturup and a number of territories of the Lesser Kuril Ridge its northern territories, although after the war they passed to the USSR.
