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Putin Makes First Personal Visit to Iturup in the Southern Kurils

The trip signals Moscow's firm assertion of sovereignty over the disputed islands, following naval drills and a security meeting on Sakhalin.

Tu-22M3 Bomber Crashes in Siberia After Training Flight

Sheveluch Sends Ash to 9 km in Short Burst as Ongoing Eruption Prompts Flight Advisories

Shiveluch Erupts on Russia’s Kamchatka, Sending Ash Column to 9,000 Meters

Cleanup Continues After Record Snow Buries Kamchatka Capital

Series of Moderate Quakes Hit Pacific Rim as M5.8 Strikes Off Kamchatka

Magnitude 6.4 Quake Strikes Off Southern Kurils, Officials Report No Tsunami

Primorye Captures Tiger That Killed Horse, Sends It to Rehabilitation Center

Japan Reports Injuries After Strong Shimane Quake as Aftershock Risk Remains

Magnitude 6.5 Quake Strikes Guerrero, Shakes Mexico City

EMSC Raises Peru Quake to 6.2 as Separate Shocks Hit Taiwan and the Kurils

Siberian Cold Wave Drives Yakutia to -56°C, Shutting Schools and Straining Heat Supplies

Injury Toll Rises to 50 After Powerful Quake Off Japan’s Aomori

Geomagnetic Storm Eases as Moderate Quakes Strike Far East Russia and Xinjiang

Sakhalin Rescuers Move to Evacuate 20 Crew From Grounded An Yang 2 After Power Failure

Kamchatka Logs Four Aftershocks in Latest 24 Hours

Orange Aviation Alert After 2.7-km Ash Column From Kamchatka’s Krasheninnikov Volcano

Twin Quakes Hit Northern Kurils With No Tsunami Warning

Bezymianny Raised to Orange Alert as Scientists Flag Risk of Strong Eruption

M6.0 Quake Off Kamchatka Prompts Green Alert, No Tsunami