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The United States wants to place in Japan, the new anti-missile radar USA plan to 2025 to place in Japan ground-based missile radar on Monday, January 28, reported Japanese newspaper Yomiuri. The same radar of the USA by 2023 are going to place in the Hawaiian Islands. The goal is to strengthen the American system of Intercontinental ballistic missiles and coverage this system a larger area. Based on the location of the radar in the vicinity of the Korean Peninsula this means that the US goal may be to eliminate the probability of a missile strike from North Korea. On January 17 the President of the United States Donald trump presented an updated strategy for American missile defense system. It is coming from a Russian threat increased an order of magnitude in comparison with the similar documents of previous years, and also among rivals of the United States named China,

Three-quarters of Japanese do not hope for the return of the Kuril Islands While more than half of Japanese support the conclusion of a peace Treaty with Russia to solve territorial dispute. Наверх20фотографий20фотографий20фотографий The vast majority of the Japanese (76%) stated that they did not hope for a solution to the territorial dispute with Russia about the ownership of the four Kuril Islands, while the power is Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Expect a positive outcome in this matter, only 18% of residents in Japan, interviewed by the newspaper “nikkey” (Nikkei). At the same time, the head of the Japanese government said that Tokyo intends to accelerate negotiations on the conclusion of a peace Treaty with Russia on the basis of the 1956 Declaration. According to Japanese newspaper, 27% of respondents believe that Japan should receive all four Islands of the Kuril ridge, which is 6% less than the survey conducted

The Venezuelan foreign Ministry denied reports on the request of the Caracas military help from Russia MOSCOW, January 28 — RIA Novosti. The foreign Minister of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza in interview to TV channel RT has denied reports that President Nicolas Maduro has appealed to Moscow to request military assistance. 12фотографий12фотографий12фотографий “It’s all rumors,” said Arreaza, answering a reporter’s question. “Cooperation with Russia since former President (Venezuela — ed.) Hugo Chavez … has continued to deepen over the years. We think that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro managed to raise it to a new level. (Russia and Venezuela) are working in the field of economy, industry, agriculture, the financial sector, as well as in the military sphere, cooperation has always existed,” said Arreaza. “With Russia we have established relations based on friendship, equality and mutual respect,” added Arreaza. In addition, Arreaza has denied reports about the

77% of Russians oppose the transfer of Japan South Kuril Islands, the survey showed MOSCOW, January 28 — RIA Novosti. The majority of Russians (79%) know that Japan demands from Russia for the transfer of the four southern Kuril Islands, however, 77% of Russian citizens oppose the transfer of such data provided the all-Russia centre of studying of public opinion (VTSIOM). Relations between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the absence of a peace Treaty. Japan claims the Islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai, referring to bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. In 1956, the Soviet Union hoped that the Joint Declaration of the two countries put an end to the territorial dispute, but Japan considered the document only part of the solution, not abandoning claims to all the Islands. Moscow’s position on Japan’s claims is that the Islands became part of the Soviet Union at

The US lifted sanctions on RUSAL, En+ group and EuroSibEnergo Moscow. 28 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — Oleg Deripaska — the largest shareholder of the companies, remains under the sanctions. Office of Foreign Assets Control (a division of the U.S. Treasury, responsible for law enforcement in the area of sanctions) was expelled En+, RUSAL and EuroSibEnergo from the sanctions list where they were sitting since 6 April last year. However, their largest shareholder Oleg Deripaska remains under sanctions, the report said the Ministry of Finance. Sanctions are cancelled the day before the full entry into force: delay, last extended on January 21, operated until January 28. In its report, the authority did not provide new details of the output circuit of Deripaska’s companies from the sanctions, except those that have already been disclosed on December 19. The share of Deripaska in the holding structure of En+ shall be reduced from 70% to

The Kremlin said that Japan’s support for sanctions against Russia prevents the conclusion of the contract Sanctions against Russia prevents the conclusion of a peace Treaty with Japan, said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov on air of the program “Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin” on TV channel “Russia 1”. 21фотография21фотография21фотография “They (Japan.— “B”) support the sanctions regime, and this is one of questions and one of the situations that hinder very much the signing of the peace Treaty,” he said. Mr. Peskov reminded that in 2018 the Russian President took the initiative of signing a peace Treaty with Japan without any preconditions. “It did not find understanding among our Japanese colleagues, and so our approaches are different,” said Dmitry Peskov. 22 January 2019 Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, but the peace Treaty negotiations have not progressed. A new summit is expected in June. The

Position of Japan regarding the Kuril Islands remains unchanged The government of Japan continues to consider South Kuril Islands native Japanese territory, reported TASS with reference to interview of the Deputy Secretary-General of the ruling liberal democratic party of Japan, Koichi Jaguda the TV channel NHK. 21фотография21фотография21фотография “The basic position of the government of Japan, which lies in the fact that the Islands are our ancestral territory, unchanged,” he said. Mr. Aguda said that there are “some difficulties” in the dialogue between Russia and Japan. According to him, impenetrable to solve the problem “gradually”. We will remind, with the offer of signing a peace Treaty with Japan, Mr Putin spoke in September at the Eastern economic forum. 22 January 2019, the President of Russia met with the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, but the peace Treaty negotiations have not progressed. A new summit is expected in June. The Islands

In Russia, the “military departments” were replaced by “military centers” The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed the decree about renaming of the military departments, the relevant document published on the official portal of legal information. “”Military faculties (departments), in educational organization of higher education” to replace “military training centers at Federal public educational institutions of higher education”,” reads the text of the decree. The document comes into force on 31 January this year. The structure of military training, there are 87 Russian universities. They train officers and sergeants at the dozens of military specialties. In June the Deputy Russian defense Minister Nikolai Pankov announced the Ministry’s intention to open six more centres of military training until the end of 2018. Vladimir Putin in August of 2018 has signed the law on the abolition of military departments in universities. They were replaced by military training centers, which will become

Venezuela accused the military attache in the United States of treason The defense Ministry of Venezuela accused the military attaché of the Embassy of the country in the United States of treason. So in the defense Ministry described the statement of Jose Luis Silva on the recognition of the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan, Guido President. On page office on Twitter for the word military attache called “an act of treason and cowardice against the Fatherland, inherited from Simon Bolivar”. The post Silva’s mentioned in the past tense, writes “the Newspaper.ru”. “Therefore, we reject these statements from Jose Luis Silva, held the post of military attaché in the United States,” said January 27, the Ministry of defense of Venezuela. On the eve of the military attaché of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, Colonel josé Luis Silva, declared the leader of the opposition, Juan Guido President. January 23,