# Russian MFA calls Tokyo remarks on Putin’s Kuril visit ‘absolutely unacceptable’

https://mins.news/en/item/21629

- TASS, 2026-08-13 21:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2172615

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi about Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iturup. She called them politically unfounded, offensive and legally invalid, accusing Tokyo of pursuing an increasingly confrontational policy toward Russia.

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