A statue of Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin stands in front of an Orthodox Church in the settlement of Yuzhny Kurilsk, the administrative capital of Russia's Far Eastern Kuril Islands, November 15, 2005. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev Russian church found built in disputed northern islands
(Kyodo News) A building believed to be a Russian Orthodox church has been built on one of four Japanese-claimed islands off northeastern Hokkaido that are occupied by Russia, a resource center in Hokkaido said Thursday.