日ロ平和条約、交渉中断　ロシア外務省が表明

　ロシア外務省は２１日、北方領土問題を含む日本との平和条約締結交渉を現状では継続するつもりはないと発表した。ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻を受けた日本の対ロ制裁を批判しており、北方四島のビザなし交流や元島民らの自由訪問も停止する。北方四島での共同経済活動に関する協議からも離脱するとしている。
　ロシア外務省は「日本政府の決定に対する対抗措置」として声明を出した。「ウクライナ情勢に関連して日本がロシアに対し行った一方的な規制が、明らかに非友好的であることを考慮し、措置を講じた」と説明した。（2022/03/22-01:41）

Russia currently does not intend to continue negotiations with Japan to resolve the two countries' territorial dispute and conclude a World War II peace treaty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
   Criticizing Japan's sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the ministry said Moscow intends to suspend a program to allow visa-free visits by Japanese people to four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories, and pull out of talks on joint economic activities there.
   The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on these moves, saying that they are countermeasures against the Japanese government's decision. The ministry explained that Russia took action in view of the fact that unilateral restrictions imposed by Japan on Russia in relation to the situation in Ukraine were apparently hostile.
   On the peace treaty talks, the ministry said it is impossible for Russia to discuss the core document on bilateral relations with a country that has taken an openly hostile position and is striving to cause harm to the interests of Russia.
   The ministry also said all the responsibility lies with Japan, which consciously chose an anti-Russian course instead of mutually beneficial cooperation or good-neighborly relations.