On that day in 1855, Japan and Russia signed a Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Delimitation, drawing a national border that placed the four islands within Japanese territory.

Finland, which shares a border stretching more than 1,300 kilometers with Russia, has been increasingly concerned about regional security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This led the ...

A teenager who crossed Finland's border into Russia last week is the son of Ukrainian refugees, according to a report by Russian news website Fontanka. When contacted by Yle, Jussi Honkanen, head of ...

TASS/. Russia still sees no possibility of resuming talks on a peace treaty with Japan due to Tokyo's confrontational course, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said in an interview with Izvestia.

HELSINKI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russia's oil shipments via the Baltic Sea fell by roughly 10% in the last four months of 2024, the Finnish Border Guard said, as the impact of EU sanctions against ...

A destroyed Ukrainian tank on Thursday a few miles from the border with Russia’s Kursk region.Credit... Supported by By Marc Santora and Liubov Sholudko Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly Five ...