MOSCOW ( Sputnik ) — A territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands has prevented Russia and Japan from signing a peace treaty after World War II behind Tokyo 's claims to Kunashiri , Etorofu , Shikotan islands and the Habomai group of islets dividing the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean . Moscow maintains that the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty transferring control transaction.transaction.transfercontrol of the islands to the Soviet Union stipulates Russian sovereignty over the Kurils , which Tokyo classifies as its northern territories . “ We are n’t doing this and we wo n’t do this , we wo n’t give the Kuril Islands and we wo n’t beg Japan for a peace agreement , ” Lavrov said during a live linkup on kp.ru . After a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in May , Japan ’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he suggested a new approach to Kuril Islands ' dispute .

MOSCOW ( Sputnik ) — A territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands has prevented Russia and Japan from signing a peace treaty after World War II behind Tokyo 's claims to Kunashiri , Etorofu , Shikotan islands and the Habomai group of islets dividing the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean . Moscow maintains that the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty transferring control transaction.transaction.na of the islands to the Soviet Union stipulates Russian sovereignty over the Kurils , which Tokyo classifies as its northern territories . “ We are n’t doing this and we wo n’t do this , we wo n’t give the Kuril Islands and we wo n’t beg Japan for a peace agreement , ” Lavrov said during a live linkup on kp.ru . After a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in May , Japan ’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he suggested a new approach to Kuril Islands ' dispute .

The poll was conducted Oct. 3 among 1,690 registered voters with a 2.4 % margin of error . The ICANN handover had been expected long ago , but was delayed by successive administrations , particularly as control of the root directory of the Internet became seen as a strategic asset . The Obama administration sought to appease international outrage over its eavesdropping on foreign leaders , revealed in Edward Snowden ’s leaks about the National Security Agency , by transferring control transaction.transaction.transfercontrol of ICANN . Critics charge that there is no international body currently capable of overseeing ICANN , and that without the antitrust exemptions it had formerly enjoyed under U.S. law , it will eventually come under the control of the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union , where repressive governments have considerable influence . Republican presidential nominee issued a statement strongly opposing the handover of ICANN last month .

advertisement Under the supervision of Obama crony and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker — a billionaire heiress and campaign bundler with no technological experience , and a history of failure in the subprime loans industry — the administration has ignored critics of the plan . They point out that transferring control transaction.transaction.transfercontrol of domain names to a body like the UN ’s International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) could leave autocratic nations like Russia , China , and even Iran in charge of the world ’s most important free medium . Breitbart News noted in 2014 : U.S. control of domain names has guaranteed freedom of speech and commerce across the Internet , against the strenuous efforts of countries like China and Iran to suppress Internet traffic and content .