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RUSSIA

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2014
Gorbachev slams West, says world is on brink of new Cold War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2014
U.S. is first nuclear power to join conference on impact of atomic arms
The United States will attend the third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna next month, the State Department said Friday, making it the first of the world's five recognized nuclear powers to do so.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2014
Putin's cronies fight for Russia's textbooks
Larger school textbook publishers who have no problem with Russia's growth into an ideological state under President Vladimir Putin are allowed to make money.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2014
Russia told U.S. it will not attend 2016 nuclear security summit
Russia has told the United States that it will not attend a 2016 nuclear security summit, the State Department said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of frosty ties between Washington and Moscow.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2014
Is Ukraine's crisis the U.S. and Europe's fault?
The question at the heart of the Ukraine crisis remains whether Russia should have special right to determine the policies and governments of its neighboring countries.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2014
Bovine voter registration in rebel-held Ukraine
A cow, literally, could have voted in the elections for rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Nobody really cared who would win.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 4, 2014
Russian memorial to Apple founder dismantled after CEO comes out
A memorial to Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs has been dismantled in the Russian city of St. Petersburg after the man who succeeded him at the helm of the company, Tim Cook, came out as gay.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2014
OSCE says its drone was fired on in Ukraine; U.S. blames rebels
European security watchdog OSCE said numerous anti-aircraft rounds were fired at one of its drones monitoring a shaky truce in eastern Ukraine, and the United States blamed pro-Russian rebels for Sunday's incident.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2014
Putin's shortsighted military play
The rising number of Russian violations of neighbors' airspace of late suggests that President Vladimir Putin is betting that the West can be shown up as a paper tiger. But Russian behavior seems only to be pushing European governments to reduce their interactions with Moscow.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2014
Russia sets Kishida visit as 'precondition' for Putin trip to Japan
The Russian government has told Japan that President Vladimir Putin will not visit unless Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida swiftly completes his plan to visit Moscow, sources close to bilateral ties said.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2014
Ukraine starves as its leaders play Monopoly
With a new parliament elected last weekend, the Ukrainian political establishment has no more excuses for failing to make vital changes in economic regulation and the way the country is governed. Unfortunately the winners have resorted to their tired political circus.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2014
Why Russian jets are testing NATO's airspace
The danger of the new Cold War is that there is complete disagreement between Russia on one side and the U.S. and EU on the other as to the dividing lines. For most Russians, the borders created by the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 aren't a given.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2014
The Cold War and the cold shoulder
From the current Russian regime's perspective, declarations that EU and NATO expansion is about spreading values, accountable institutions and good governance — not military or economic competition — is beyond hypocritical.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2014
Putin can't be the leader of anti-U.S. resistance
The world may need powers that can challenge the U.S. But Vladimir Putin's Russia doesn't fit the bill because it is not an example anyone would want to follow.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2014
Japan holds separate military drills with Russia, U.S.
Japan begins exercises with the U.S. Army in Hokkaido, a day after it started naval maneuvers with Russia 800 km away off the coast of Vladivostok.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2014
Special report: why Ukraine's revolution remains unfinished
In the afternoon of Feb. 20, after the morning's dead had been cleared away, Volodymyr Melnychuk arrived outside Kiev's October palace.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2014
Abe backs Georgian leader Margvelashvili in seeking peaceful end to conflict with Russia
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed a joint statement Friday to declare "solidarity for peace and democracy" and call for a peaceful settlement to his nation's row with Russia over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 24, 2014
Ukraine war debris points to Russian role
The burned-out remains of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in fields near the village of Horbatenko bear witness to the ferocity of a battle that turned the tide of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2014
Ukraine's vote, Russia's fate
When Ukraine's voters go to the polls on Sunday, not only the fate of their country will be at stake; so will the future of a significant part of Europe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2014
Who's afraid of a gas cut to the EU this winter?
The danger posed to the EU by a stoppage in Russian natural gas supplies this winter depends on whether countries are willing to sacrifice for another and unify in their response.

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