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RUSSIA

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2023
Putin’s pre-election budget set to become more costly after mutiny
Analysts expect changes to go far beyond the price of fortifying positions previously manned by an estimated 50,000 Wagner fighters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2023
Ukraine grain-export deal collapses after Russia terminates it
The move jeopardizes a key trade route from Ukraine, one of the world’s top grain and vegetable oil shippers, just as its next harvest kicks off.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2023
China intensifies military drills with Russia amid U.S. sanctions
The two countries conducted six joint military exercises together last year, the most in data going back two decades.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2023
Xi Jinping has a Russian albatross around his neck
Given the growing political turmoil in the Kremlin, Xi Jinping's big bet on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, has become much riskier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2023
Blasts on Crimea Bridge kill two and threaten Russian war supply lines
Images from the scene showed no traffic crossing the 19 kilometer road and rail bridge which links Russia to Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2023
Putin asserts ‘right’ to use controversial cluster bombs while denying past use
Monitors concluded last year that Kremlin forces had used cluster bombs during its invasion of Ukraine, which helped create 'unnecessary and disproportionate harm to civilians.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2023
China and Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan
Codenamed 'Northern/Interaction-2023', the joint drill marks enhanced military cooperation between China and Russia since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2023
Russian forces are doing ‘everything they can’ to stop Ukraine counteroffensive, Zelenskyy says
The Ukrainian leader has secured new weapons pledges, but it was not clear when the aid would arrive, or how consequential it would be on the battlefield.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 15, 2023
Russian fencing drama plays out in U.S. against backdrop of war
One year out from the Paris Games fencing is providing political, sporting and familial drama related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2023
The preferred trajectory for NATO-Asia cooperation
Japan and other nations aim to collaborate with NATO in various security areas amid concerns over China's military expansion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2023
Japan and EU agree to further deepen cooperation as strategic interests converge
Among the top deliverables was a decision to launch a strategic dialogue at the foreign ministerial level to ramp up security cooperation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2023
Russia and the long shadow of Versailles
Garnishing Russia’s frozen assets to help finance Ukraine's reconstruction would give the Kremlin a powerful propaganda tool with which to paint Russia as the victim.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023
Long-term aid plan for Ukraine shows Russia time 'not on its side:' U.S.
G7 leaders were set to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end of the NATO summit to announce the plan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 12, 2023
Japan and NATO usher in new era of cooperation amid China concerns
Collaboration will go beyond traditional security areas and extend to cyber, emerging and disruptive technologies and strategic communications, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023
Existential threat or bogeyman: Russia's view on NATO
From Russia's perspective, NATO has deliberately encroached on Moscow's doorstep and emerged as the most serious external military threat in decades.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023
Turkish thaw on Western priorities comes as economic pain drives policy rethink
Analysts believe that in addition to visa-free travel for Turks, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants closer trading arrangements with the EU, even if membership remains distant.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2023
NATO head eyes 'strong message' on Ukraine's membership bid at summit
Divisions among the Western military alliance's 31 members on allowing Ukraine in mean there will not be a straightforward invitation for Kyiv to join.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2023
Putin met Wagner’s Prigozhin after revolt that shook Russia
Putin held talks with Prigozhin and top Wagner commanders at the Kremlin for nearly three hours on June 29, the president’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2023
Asian nations affected by cluster bombs call on U.S. not to send them to Ukraine
While the weapons often fail to explode and pose a grave danger to civilians, Washington says Russia has been using them in the war for months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2023
U.S. military deals unlikely to draw India away from Russian arms
The country’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of U.S. arms are more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say.

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