A ground force unit or a base of the near maritime zone may be deployed on the Matua island of the Kurils chain ST. PETERSBURG, June 28. /TASS/. There are no obstacles to deployment of a Russian ...

Interfax said on Thursday that Russian troops had practiced moving and camouflaging their vehicles on Matua island. Moscow said in May it would establish observation posts on the islands.

In the summer of 2006, this area strewn with rocks and logs near the shore of Ainu Bay on Matua Island in the Kurils was covered by about 6 feet of sand and soil, about even with the top of the 6 ...