MOSCOW, August 21. /TASS/. Head of the State Duma Security and Anti-Corruption Committee Irina Yarovaya has dismissed Tokyo’s claims in connection with the possible visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to the Kuril Islands as emotional and unfounded. She thus commented on the statement of Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga who called the possible trip of the Russian premier to the Kuril Islands unacceptable.
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