Wow, another excellent contribution by a waste of bandwidth. Thank you so much, it's added so much to this thread, like it does every thread.
Bishop Daniel made a very convincing argument that the islands should remain in Russian hands, and of course the Russians have the right to build a Church on their territory.
"I have been to this island. There are twelve frontier-guards living there. "
Rather lightly defended for being an isolated island very close to Japan. Although I guess they don't expect the Japanese to go to war over their claims to the islands.