The Kremlin declared Japan an unfriendly country

"Japan has become an unfriendly country for Russia, it is very difficult to talk about continuing negotiations on a peace treaty," Dmitry Peskov said.

This statement was made after this morning it became known that Japan for the first time in 19 years called the Kurils illegally occupied by Russia.

In its annual "Blue Book" diplomacy report, the Japanese Foreign Ministry defined the southern part of the Kuril Islands as "illegally occupied. This wording appeared for the first time since 2003.