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RUSSIA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2023
A farewell to my beloved Russia
Russian culture has been besmirched by people whose atrocities in Ukraine have negated their ancestors’ achievements.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 23, 2023
Ukrainian racer grapples with guilt amid quest to reach Olympics
Some Ukrainian athletes question why they are competing in their sports instead of fighting alongside their friends.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2023
Washington’s concern grows as Beijing steps up diplomatic initiatives with Moscow
China's diplomatic push comes as it plans to unveil its own peace plan for the Ukraine conflict to mark the first anniversary of the invasion.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2023
Japan and Albania vow stronger sanctions against Russia
The Albanian leader said that it would be an honor if his country can play an active role at the U.N. Security Council with Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2023
How Europe ditched Russian fossil fuels with spectacular speed
The transition has been painful, with Europeans getting hit by a roughly $1 trillion energy bill last year, only cushioned by government subsidies.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 23, 2023
Putin's nuclear treaty move raises stakes over China's growing arsenal
China's nuclear arsenal is growing in size and sophistication — an expansion that the United States recently noted is now gathering pace.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 23, 2023
How will it end? No easy answers over Russia's war on Ukraine.
Analysts fear the conflict will not end anytime soon and that its intensity risks increasing in year two.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2023
Biden and Putin display their alliances with Ukraine war backdrop
Global tensions between superpowers were highlighted on a day of diplomacy in Warsaw and Moscow.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2023
Putin says Russia and China have reached ‘new milestones’ on cooperation
Cooperation between Russia and China is 'very important for stabilizing the international situation,” Putin told Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi at talks in Moscow.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 22, 2023
Japan accepted over 2,300 Ukrainians last year. Is its refugee policy finally changing?
Many were surprised with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's decision to accept Ukrainians into the country given Tokyo has long held a strict definition of who is eligible for asylum.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2023
Kishida faces mounting pressure to visit Kyiv as only G7 leader yet to do so
Although Friday’s one-year anniversary of the start of the war has raised questions over a possible trip to Kyiv in the coming days or weeks, Japanese officials have remained tight-lipped.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2023
The dark side of neutrality in times of conflict
As with Western “pacifists,” the nonalignment of Brazil, India, South Africa and other countries amounts to a tacit support for imperialism.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Karolos Grohmann
Feb 22, 2023
IOC stands firm against banning Russia despite risk of boycott
Officials suggest the IOC is prepared to risk a boycott in order to maintain its 'non-negotiable' stance that the Games remain above and beyond politics.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 22, 2023
WADA to appeal to CAS over figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case
A Russian tribunal found that, although the athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she had committed 'no fault or negligence.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2023
Biden vows Russia will never win Ukraine as Putin fights on
Speaking in the capital of NATO ally Poland, Biden pledged that 'Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia — never.'
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2023
Nuclear risk seen rising as Putin 'suspends' last treaty with U.S.
The move raises the risk of a new arms race — in parallel with the war in Ukraine — in which neither side can rely on the stable, predictable framework.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023
Putin suspends last nuclear treaty with U.S. and puts new missiles on combat duty
The New START Treaty limited both sides to 1,550 warheads on deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine ballistic missiles and heavy bombers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2023
Ukraine’s future is not in NATO
Ukraine won’t become a party to the NATO treaty, but it can expect a close and continuing partnership with Europe and the U.S.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 21, 2023
'We’re all different': Russians in Japan reflect on year since Ukraine invasion
The past year has seen them reflect on what it means to be Russian today and the new normal that comes with their home country being at war.

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