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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (C), acting Governor of Sakhalin region Oleg Kozhemyako (L) and Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev (2nd L) inspect the model of a local power plant during the visit to Iturup Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, August 22, 2015. Japan on Saturday lodged a protest over Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit to one of four Pacific islands it also claims, and which have strained ties between the neighbours since the end of World War Two. (Photo by Reuters/RIA Novosti)
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