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Tests of Borey-class missile submarineMOSCOW, 24 Jan. Russia is turning the Sea of ​​Okhotsk into a «shrine of nuclear strategy,» writes the Japanese edition of the Tyunichi Shimbun. According to the author of the article, official Moscow is taking such steps to protect its nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines from enemy attack. In addition, Russia is pursuing a strategy of using the Sea of ​​Okhotsk as an outpost in order to prevent a potential enemy from getting close to the borders. The material tells about the village of Rybachy, where Pacific Fleet submarines are based. In the first ten years after the collapse of the USSR, it was hard to live there, while now good conditions have been created in the village, the author of the article states. Rybachy was revived, as the newspaper notes, by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who in the early 2000s rejected the proposal of the General Staff to abolish the submarine base. «Soon, two new modern SSBNs of the Borei project and two submarines with cruise missiles of the project» Ash». Japan is concerned that this issue is intertwined with the problem of the «northern territories», the journalist complains. : the Japanese were afraid of war with RussiaRelations between Russia and Japan are overshadowed by the absence of a peace treaty, which was never concluded after the end of World War II. The main obstacle remains the question of ownership of the Southern Kuriles (the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and the Khabomai ridge). Japan claims them by referring to the bilateral Treatise on Commerce and Frontiers of 1855. Moscow's position is that the islands became part of the USSR following the war, and Russian sovereignty over them is beyond doubt.Read the full text of the article on the InoSMI website >>