日本の返還要求団体を活動禁止　「北方領土の日」控え―ロシア

　ロシアのプーチン政権は６日までに、日本の北方領土返還要求運動に関係する１団体を「好ましからざる団体」に定めた。最高検が１月下旬に指定後、法務省が５日付でリストに追加した。ロシアが自国領とする北方領土を含め、全土での活動が禁止される。
　「北方領土の日」に当たる７日を控え、日本をけん制した格好。昨年２月の北方領土返還要求全国大会では、採択されたアピールに「不法占拠」の文言が復活し、ロシア側が反発した。
　リストに掲載されたロシア語表記から、この団体は北方領土復帰期成同盟（北方同盟、札幌市）を指している可能性がある。プーチン政権が好ましからざる団体に定めた返還要求運動関係団体は、昨年の千島歯舞諸島居住者連盟（千島連盟）に次いで２例目。（2024/02/07-06:24）

The Russian government added a Japanese group campaigning for the return to Japan of northwestern Pacific islands controlled by Russia to its list of undesirable organizations on Monday.
   The move bans the group from operating on Russian soil, including the disputed islands, called the Northern Territories in Japan, that were seized from Japan by the Soviet Union in the closing days of World War II.
   The Russian move is an apparent warning against Japan ahead of Northern Territories Day in Japan on Wednesday. Moscow was angered by a statement adopted at a Japanese government-sponsored rally a year ago that described the islands as being illegally occupied.
   The list suggests that the newly added group is possibly Hoppo Domei, an organization based in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
   This is the second Japanese organization campaigning for the return of the islands that has been designated as an undesirable entity by Moscow after Chishima Renmei, a group of former residents of the islands, was added to the list last year.