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Kuril Islands place

Named in 40 reports across 6 stories - 13 Aug – 10 Sept

also appears as Kuril islands

13 Aug 202610 Sept 2026

The record - coverage naming Kuril Islands that changed after publication

8 edits, 4 URLs changed12 entries
  1. Euronewsseen 13 Sept, 17:06headline rewrittenthe story

    Japan slams Putin following first visit to disputed Kuril islandsTokyo slams Putin for visiting disputed islands near Japan

  2. independent.co.ukseen 13 Sept, 06:40URL changedthe story
  3. aol.co.ukseen 29 Aug, 13:33headline rewrittenthe story

    Russia warns Britain is ‘playing with fire’ over its support of UkraineRussia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato

  4. independent.co.ukseen 21 Aug, 08:26URL changedthe story
  5. independent.co.ukseen 16 Aug, 06:40URL changedthe story
  6. DW Top Storiesseen 15 Aug, 08:50URL changedthe story
  7. South China Morning Postseen 14 Aug, 19:15description editedthe story
  8. Le Monde Englishseen 13 Aug, 16:27headline rewrittenthe story

    Putin makes first visit to Kuril Islands claimed by JapanJapan protests Putin's first visit to disputed Kuril Islands

  9. DW Top Storiesseen 13 Aug, 16:27description editedthe story
  10. Euronewsseen 13 Aug, 16:27description editedthe story
  11. BBC News Worldseen 13 Aug, 09:15headline rewrittenthe story

    Japan protests against Putin visit to disputed islandsJapan PM says Putin's visit to disputed islands 'absolutely unacceptable'

  12. South China Morning Postseen 13 Aug, 09:15description editedthe story

The web around Kuril Islands

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Kuril Islands. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Kuril Islands.

Japan and Vladimir Putin share 14 reportsTokyo and Vladimir Putin share 11 reportsJapan and Tokyo share 9 reportsJapan and Moscow share 9 reportsJapan and Russia share 8 reportsMoscow and Vladimir Putin share 8 reportsMoscow and Tokyo share 7 reportsRussia and Russian share 7 reportsMoscow and Russia share 7 reportsJapan and Russian share 7 reportsMoscow and Russian share 7 reportsRussia and Vladimir Putin share 6 reportsRussian and Vladimir Putin share 6 reportsJapanese and Vladimir Putin share 6 reportsJapan and Japanese share 6 reportsJapan and Putin share 6 reportsJapanese and Russian share 6 reportsJapan and Ukraine share 6 reportsJapanese and Russia share 6 reportsMoscow and Ukraine share 6 reportsRussia and Tokyo share 6 reportsJapanese and Moscow share 6 reportsRussian and Ukraine share 5 reportsUkraine and Vladimir Putin share 5 reportsRussia and Ukraine share 5 reportsRussian and Tokyo share 5 reportsTokyo and Ukraine share 5 reportsJapanese and Tokyo share 5 reportsJapan and Russian president share 4 reportsPutin and Tokyo share 4 reportsJapanese and Ukraine share 4 reportsPutin and Vladimir Putin share 3 reportsPutin and Russian president share 2 reportsRussian president and Vladimir Putin share 2 reportsPutin and Russia share 2 reportsRussian president and Tokyo share 1 reportKuril IslandsVladimir PutinVladimir Putin - 23 shared reports (person)JapanJapan - 20 shared reports (place)PutinPutin - 14 shared reports (person)TokyoTokyo - 14 shared reports (place)MoscowMoscow - 10 shared reports (place)RussiaRussia - 9 shared reports (place)RussianRussian - 7 shared reports (place)JapaneseJapanese - 6 shared reports (place)UkraineUkraine - 6 shared reports (place)Russian pre…Russian president - 5 shared reports (person)

The stories

Russian warship makes ‘AGGRESSIVE’ approach with weapons drawn to US navy cruiser

283 outlets2 reports name Kuril Islands1 Jul 2016 – 14 Sept 2026

Russian barrage on Kyiv kills 17 as Ukraine fails to down missiles

64 outlets1 report names Kuril Islands5 Aug – 13 Sept

Russia wants 30,000 more North Korean soldiers to fight Ukraine. Is the West at risk?

53 outlets1 report names Kuril Islands7 Aug – 14 Sept

Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo

46 outlets33 reports name Kuril Islands13 Aug – 13 Sept

UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

48 outlets2 reports name Kuril Islands4 Sept – 13 Sept

Russia Holds Rare Missile Test Near Islands Claimed by Japan

16 outlets1 report names Kuril Islands21 Aug – 11 Sept

People they appear with

Vladimir Putin23Putin14Russian president5Sanae Takaichi5Akira Muto4

Places in the same coverage

Japan20Tokyo14Moscow10Russia9Russian7Japanese6Ukraine6disputed Kuril islands4Kyiv4Northern Territories3Soviet3Iturup2

Organisations in the same coverage

Kremlin4Soviet Union4Foreign Ministry2

Who keeps naming them

Anadolu Agency (AA)8Kyiv Post (Ukraine)5Google News - Top Stories4South China Morning Post4The Guardian World3Euronews2DW Top Stories2independent.co.uk2Le Monde English1Al Jazeera English1express.co.uk1BBC News World1

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