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中国に引き続いて新政権の外交上のわきの甘さが目立ちます。ここのoverが目にとまりました。小山本くん、これはどのようなoverなのでしょうか。（UG）
(CNN) -- Russia's president visited the disputed Kuril Islands on Monday, over Japanese protest, Russian state media said.
The Japanese government, which had urged against the visit, quickly responded after the trip. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called it ''extremely deplorable,'' according to the Kyodo news agency.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the island of Kunashiri.
He made the stop during an Asian tour that included a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations over the weekend in Vietnam.
"To bring the people's living standards on the islands up to the level of Russia proper, it is necessary to make sure that the services that the citizens receive in this remote region are comparable to those in ... the rest of the country," Medvedev said on state television. "It is necessary to ensure that doctors and other specialists go there."
Medvedev said on state television that after speaking with residents, he believes the islands do not have enough medical specialists, and called for a plan that would include a housing construction program to provide housing to those who choose to move there as an incentive.
The Kurils are a chain of more than 50 islands in the northwest Pacific stretched between Russia in the north and Japan in the south. Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Soviet Union in 1945 annexed the four southernmost islands, which previously belonged to Japan.
Ever since, the islands -- called the South Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan -- have been the subject of dispute. That dispute has prevented the two countries from signing a formal peace treaty following World War II.