Russian troops and their families will soon be moving into new barracks on a chain of islands in the country's far east.
The islands have been the source of a dispute between Russia and Japan, ever since they were seized by the Soviet Union after World War Two.
Our Moscow correspondent Julia Chapman has more.
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The islands have been the source of a dispute between Russia and Japan, ever since they were seized by the Soviet Union after World War Two.
Our Moscow correspondent Julia Chapman has more.
IN: The new barracks...
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