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Russia to build bases on Southern Kuriles this year

MOSCOW -- Moscow will start sending new weapons to a chain of islands claimed by both Russia and Japan later this year and complete building two military posts there in 2012, Russia's top general was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Russia's plans to send missiles and other artillery to the windswept archipelago known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan have aggravated tensions in a territorial dispute dating back to World War II.

Russia already maintains an artillery base on one of the islands, although analysts say its equipment is badly outdated. The new weapons will be sent to the islands starting this year.

Soviet troops occupied the four islands off Japan's Hokkaido at the end of World War II, and they have remained in Moscow's hands, preventing the two countries signing a peace treaty.

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