Сахалин

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday arrived in the Southern Kuril island of Kunashir, with his plane touching down at Mendeleyevo Airport. The premier visited the port, some industrial sites and social facilities, including the local hospital. The disputed Southern Kuril Islands fell under Soviet control after World War II and have since been considered Russian territory. Tokyo, however, claims the islands -- known as the Northern Territories by the Japanese -- belong to Japan. Earlier on Tuesday, at a meeting on the Sakhalin region's socioeconomic development, Medvedev said that it is a very important area for government members to visit. "I would like to stress that I deem it very important that members of the government visit the Kurils. We did so before and we'll continue this practice, with the new government -- the reasons for that are obvious - it's an important part of the Sakhalin region and just an important part of our Russian soil." He also said the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk No. 1 heat and power plant should be modernized as a matter of priority. "Particular attention should be paid to modernizing South Sakhalin Heat and Electric Power Plant Number One, as well as the power grid in Sakhalin. I would like for the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry for Development of the Far East, the Ministry of Economic Development, when working on a new version of the federal dedicated program of economic and social development of the <b>...</b>
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July 3, 2012 Russia_Medvedev arrives in Southern Kuril Islands