politics
February 21, 2026
Kremlin explains why peace treaty talks with Japan are currently ‘impossible’
Peace talks between Russia and Japan are “impossible” as long as Tokyo maintains its “unfriendly” stance towards Moscow, the Kremlin says
TL;DR
- Russia's relations with Japan have been reduced to zero, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
- Bilateral negotiations for a peace treaty are not occurring due to Japan's "unfriendly" stance towards Moscow.
- Peskov stated that dialogue between the two countries is nonexistent, making peace treaty discussions impossible.
- Japan's decision to join Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and its support for Kyiv have inflamed the dispute.
- A territorial dispute over the Kuril archipelago has historically blocked a formal peace treaty since the end of WWII.
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