Russian Federation and Japan: new talks about energy supplies and territorial issue Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation and Japan have been holding important talks about building a new gas pipeline in order to meet the demands of Japan. It is abundantly clear that Japan relies heavily on energy [...]
Russia in the vanguard against America and NATO: Missile Defense System and Japan Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The two-party system in America which maintains the endless power mechanisms century after century, finds it difficult to support a world based on special interests. Instead, irrespective if a Democratic government or Republican [...]
Syria and arming terrorists: Lebanese navy prevents international ratlines Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government based in Damascus is facing the usual media war and on top of this economic sanctions are designed to spread further discontent within Syria. Obviously, the other usual pieces of the jigsaw of supporting radical [...]
Russian Federation trying to solve the Syria issue: other nations supporting terrorism Murad Makhmudov, Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation is doing everything in its power to solve the Syrian issue but other nations are either supporting terrorism or putting huge political pressure on Syria because of ulterior motives. [...]
Japanese art and history: Yumeji Takehisa, the anarchist Shusui Kotoku and Stalin Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yumeji Takehisa produced many stunning pieces of art but just like Shusui Kotoku, the revolutionary anarchist, and friend, he was caught up in the world of political intrigues and clashes of culture. His friendship with Shusui Kotoku [...]
Japan and the Russian Federation need to overcome the territorial dispute Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation and Japan need to move on and develop stronger economic, political, military, and cultural ties. Also, both nations need to implement reforms in the field of energy whereby the Russian Federation and [...]
Russian Federation: Doku Umarov an Islamic terrorist vows to stop civilian attacks Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation faces many internal problems in the North Caucasus region because of Islamic terrorism, civil wars, nationalism, criminality, kidnappings, and many unsavory factors. Therefore, this instability led to many convulsions whereby military [...]
Rebels Battle Security Forces in Chechnya, While Moscow Bolsters the Military in the Republic Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 8 By: Mairbek Vatchagaev The Jamestown Foundation In accordance with a tradition that has been in place since 2005, Ramzan Kadyrov rang in 2012 with his estimate of the number of insurgents in Chechnya. [...]
Transnistria Charts a New Course Darren Spinck Director of Public Affairs and Policy American Institute in Ukraine AIU Despite reported attempts by the presidential administration of Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (PMR) leader Igor Smirnov to rig the results of the recent PMR presidential election, the electorate of Transnistria chose a new path forward on [...]
Putin to Coordinate Oil Production with OPEC? Ariel Cohen and Anton Altman The Foundry The Heritage Foundation Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that his country, the world’s leading oil and gas producer, plans to work closely with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the oil cartel. Russia has long spoken about linking [...]
Japan and the Russian Federation agree to territorial talks based on diplomacy Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation and Japan have agreed to discuss the territorial dispute “in a quiet atmosphere” but some doubts will linger on the side of Moscow. President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation and [...]
Smirnov’s Proposed Pridnestrovien Annexation Referendum is No Benefit fo Ukraine: Possible “Orange” Scenario Next Door – But From Which Side? James George Jatras AIU Deputy Director, American Institute in Ukraine Igor Smirnov, longtime president of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, raised some eyebrows, and not only in Ukraine, when he recently suggested that [...]
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