Russia opens new airport on Japan-claimed Etorofu

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Sakhalin Gov. Alexander Horoshavin (far R) cuts the ribbon at a ceremony to open a new airport on Etorofu Island -- one of four Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido -- on Sept. 22, 2014.

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