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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

ULAN-UDE, Russia, May 29 Kyodo - Monks and other participants release balloons into the air at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, as a gesture of prayer for Japan-Russia friendship. A memorial service was held at the monastery the same day in honor of postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there.

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Russian pipeline goes into operation

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin (projected at the center on a screen) instructs officials to start full operation of an oil pipeline during a teleconference linking Moscow with Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East, where the opening ceremony was held, on Dec. 25, 2012. Russia plans to use the 4,756-kilometer-long pipeline, called the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean, or ESPO, oil pipeline linking Tayshet in eastern Siberia with Kozmino port near Nakhodka in the Far East to export crude oil to Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea.

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Russian pipeline goes into operation

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Russian officials jointly press a button at a ceremony in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East on Dec. 25, 2012, to mark the commencement of full operation of a 4,756-kilometer-long oil pipeline linking Tayshet in eastern Siberia with Kozmino port near Nakhodka in the Far East. Russia plans to use the pipeline, called the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean, or ESPO, oil pipeline to export crude oil to Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea.

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Kim Jong Il's train arrives in China

MANZHOULI, China - A special train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his entourage arrives at Manzhouli Station in China, on the border with Russia, on Aug. 25, 2011, after a summit meeting between Kim and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Siberia the previous day.

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Kim Jong Il's train arrives in China

MANZHOULI, China - A special train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his entourage arrives at Manzhouli Station in China, on the border with Russia, on Aug. 25, 2011, after a summit meeting between Kim and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Siberia the previous day.

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Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A special train apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is shown running through a coastal area of the Russian Far East on Aug. 20, 2011. The train made a brief stop the following morning at Khabarovsk en route to the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, where the North Korean leader is scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Russia to prioritize building China-bound branch pipeline

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko speaks to a group of Japanese reporters in Moscow on April 19 prior to his visit to Japan later this week. He said Russia will build a branch oil pipeline to transport oil to China from eastern Siberia before completing the main pipeline that will cater to the Japanese market.

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(3)Russian NGO fights poachers to protect endangered Siberian tigers

TOKYO, Japan - Members of ''Tiger Volunteer,'' a Russian nongovernmental organization (NGO), pose for a photograph during their patrol of eastern Siberia to protect endangered Siberian tigers from poachers.

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(1)Russian NGO fights poachers to protect endangered Siberian tigers

TOKYO, Japan - Sergey Shaitarov speaks in an interview with Kyodo News during his visit to Japan. Shaitarov and other members of his nongovernmental organization (NGO) patrol the snow-covered forests in eastern Siberia by foot and by car around the clock. They are there to protect endangered Siberian tigers despite the dangers posed to the group members themselves by poachers. ''This is our homeland and there is part of nature that can only be found here,'' he said.

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Kasyanov calls for Japanese investment in Eastern Siberia

KYOTO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, addressing a business luncheon in Kyoto on Dec. 17, urges Japan and other countries to invest in natural resources projects in Eastern Siberia. Kasyanov praised Japanese investment in Sakhalin for leading to successful energy projects on the Russian Far East island.

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Japanese to complete 22,000-km Arctic trek in 2002

TACHIKAWA, Japan - A 57-year-old adventurer from Tokyo said he hopes to complete his 22,000-kilometer trek by dog sled across the Arctic from central Siberia to eastern Greenland in July 2002, more than five years since he set out on the journey and traveling nearly double the current long-distance record. Kazuo Kojima said he embarked on the trip because he wanted to follow the route supposedly taken by ancestors of the Inuits to reach the North American continent some 20,000 years ago. This photo was taken in May 2001, when Kojima and his Canadian teammate reached northern Canada after traveling some 2,500 km.

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Mori observes disputed islands off Hokaido

NEMURO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori looks at the Habomai group of islets through a telescope April 7 from Cape Nosappu. Mori also observed the Habomai and three other disputed islands off eastern Hokkaido aboard a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter. Mori held a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in late March in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia, to try to settle with Russia issues involving the islands.

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Mori returns home from Irkutsk summit with Putin

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport in the early morning of March 26 after summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia.

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Japan, Russia agree to inform citizens on peace treaty talks

TOKYO, Japan - Ryozo Kato (L), Japan's deputy foreign minister, shakes hands with Russian Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov at the outset of one-day talks in Tokyo on March 5. In the meeting, the vice foreign ministers agreed to inform their citizens about past peace treaty talks and the path for future negotiations on the occasion of a bilateral summit scheduled for March 25 in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia.

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Russian DM stresses development of strategic nuclear forces

STORY: Russian DM stresses development of strategic nuclear forces DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu speaking (Courtesy: Russian Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday that the country "pay special attention" to the construction of major facilities in 2023 for its strategic nuclear forces. Shoigu said the construction of infrastructural facilities is underway in five formations of the Russian Strategic Missile Force to deploy new missile systems. He added that the work also continues on the creation of a multi-service test site for the Space Force in eastern Siberia. Shoigu said that "it is necessary to ensure the commissioning of infrastructural facilities simultaneously with the supply of modern weapons and military equipment to the troops." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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Russia to prioritize building China-bound branch pipeline

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko speaks to a group of Japanese reporters in Moscow on April 19 prior to his visit to Japan later this week. He said Russia will build a branch oil pipeline to transport oil to China from eastern Siberia before completing the main pipeline that will cater to the Japanese market. (Kyodo)

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Russia, China hold joint naval drill off eastern Siberia

Senior Russian and Chinese naval officers attend a welcome ceremony in Vladivostok on Aug. 20, 2015, for a joint drill in the Sea of Japan off the eastern Siberian city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Venue of Japan-Russia culture festival set for September in Siberia

Photo taken on April 29, 2015, shows the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia. The Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship is to be held on Sept. 3 at the theater, built by Japanese soldiers detained by the Soviet Union after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese dancer performs at Buryat Theater in Eastern Siberia

Morihiro Iwata, a Japanese ballet dancer and former soloist of the Russian Bolshoi Theater Ballet, performs at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia on April 29, 2015. Iwata has planned and is to organize the Russo-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship, which will be held at the theater on Sept. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant head statue of Lenin in Ulan-Ude, eastern Siberia

Photo taken on April 29, 2015, shows a giant head statue of Vladimir Lenin in Ulan-Ude, capital of the Republic of Buryatia in Russia's eastern Siberia. It is known as the largest head among existing Lenin statues in the former Soviet Union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist founds fund to aid artistic activities in Siberia

Morihiro Iwata, a former Japanese soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet troupe, talks in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on Dec. 11, 2015, about a fund he has set up to support artistic activities in eastern Siberia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Theater built by Japanese POWs remains in Eastern Siberia

The Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude, Eastern Siberia, Russia, built by Japanese prisoners after the end of World War II remains intact as seen in this file photo taken in April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reporter visits world's coldest place

YAKUTSK, Russia - A Landscape of snow and ice on the outskirts of Oymyakon village in Russia's Sakha Republic in Eastern Siberia. This photo was taken by Tsukasa Arita. (Kyodo)

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Kim Jong Il's train arrives in China

MANZHOULI, China - A special train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his entourage arrives at Manzhouli Station in China, on the border with Russia, on Aug. 25, 2011, after a summit meeting between Kim and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Siberia the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Kim Jong Il's train arrives in China

MANZHOULI, China - A special train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his entourage arrives at Manzhouli Station in China, on the border with Russia, on Aug. 25, 2011, after a summit meeting between Kim and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Siberia the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A special train apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is shown running through a coastal area of the Russian Far East on Aug. 20, 2011. The train made a brief stop the following morning at Khabarovsk en route to the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, where the North Korean leader is scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. (Kyodo)

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Former prisoner of war makes Russia home

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Takeshi Tanaka, a former Japanese prisoner of war in Siberia, plays the guitar at a party with Russian friends in Khabarovsk on May 31, 2011. He is determined to complete his life in the Far Eastern Russian city. (Photo by Osamu Hirabayashi) (Kyodo)

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Former prisoner of war makes Russia home

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Takeshi Tanaka, a former Japanese prisoner of war in Siberia, stands in front of a graveyard for deceased Japanese soldiers in Khabarovsk on May 31, 2011. He is determined to complete his life in the Far Eastern Russian city. (Photo by Osamu Hirabayashi) (Kyodo)

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(2)Russian NGO fights poachers to protect endangered Siberian ti

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Russia's Amurskaya Oblast region shows an endangered Siberian tiger. Members of ''Tiger Volunteer,'' a Russian nongovernmental organization (NGO) patrol the snow-covered forests in eastern Siberia to protect Siberian tigers despite the dangers posed to the group members themselves by poachers. (Kyodo)

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(1)Russian NGO fights poachers to protect endangered Siberian ti

TOKYO, Japan - Sergey Shaitarov speaks in an interview with Kyodo News during his visit to Japan. Shaitarov and other members of his nongovernmental organization (NGO) patrol the snow-covered forests in eastern Siberia by foot and by car around the clock. They are there to protect endangered Siberian tigers despite the dangers posed to the group members themselves by poachers. ''This is our homeland and there is part of nature that can only be found here,'' he said. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Monks and other participants release balloons into the air at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, as a gesture of prayer for Japan-Russia friendship. A memorial service was held at the monastery the same day in honor of postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

A total of 785 candles are lit and displayed during a memorial service at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, in honor of each of the postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Monks recite prayers during a memorial service at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, to honor postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Russian NGO fights poachers to protect endangered Siberian ti

TOKYO, Japan - Members of ''Tiger Volunteer,'' a Russian nongovernmental organization (NGO), pose for a photograph during their patrol of eastern Siberia to protect endangered Siberian tigers from poachers. (Kyodo)

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Kasyanov calls for Japanese investment in Eastern Siberia

KYOTO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, addressing a business luncheon in Kyoto on Dec. 17, urges Japan and other countries to invest in natural resources projects in Eastern Siberia. Kasyanov praised Japanese investment in Sakhalin for leading to successful energy projects on the Russian Far East island. (Kyodo)

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Japanese to complete 22,000-km Arctic trek in 2002

TACHIKAWA, Japan - A 57-year-old adventurer from Tokyo said he hopes to complete his 22,000-kilometer trek by dog sled across the Arctic from central Siberia to eastern Greenland in July 2002, more than five years since he set out on the journey and traveling nearly double the current long-distance record. Kazuo Kojima said he embarked on the trip because he wanted to follow the route supposedly taken by ancestors of the Inuits to reach the North American continent some 20,000 years ago. This photo was taken in May 2001, when Kojima and his Canadian teammate reached northern Canada after traveling some 2,500 km.

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Mori observes disputed islands off Hokaido

NEMURO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori looks at the Habomai group of islets through a telescope April 7 from Cape Nosappu. Mori also observed the Habomai and three other disputed islands off eastern Hokkaido aboard a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter. Mori held a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in late March in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia, to try to settle with Russia issues involving the islands.

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Mori observes disputed islands off Hokaido

NEMURO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori looks at the Habomai group of islets through a telescope April 7 from Cape Nosappu. Mori also observed the Habomai and three other disputed islands off eastern Hokkaido aboard a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter. Mori held a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in late March in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia, to try to settle with Russia issues involving the islands.

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Japan, Russia agree to inform citizens on peace treaty talks

TOKYO, Japan - Ryozo Kato (L), Japan's deputy foreign minister, shakes hands with Russian Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov at the outset of one-day talks in Tokyo on March 5. In the meeting, the vice foreign ministers agreed to inform their citizens about past peace treaty talks and the path for future negotiations on the occasion of a bilateral summit scheduled for March 25 in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia.