The Weakest Link in the Western Sanction Chain. Russian-Japanese Solidarity during the Ukrainian Crisis

... Japanese Empire), or ultra-leftists (who call for revolution based on the Marxist-Leninist ideology). 8 . The Islands are located between Okinawa and Taiwan and are effectively controlled by Japan, but formerly were a part of Chinese territory one thousand years ago. 9 . Likewise, the European Union’s new sanctions against Russia should be also understood as a matter of Transatlantic economic relations. A primary reason why the U.S. government is so insistent on a European sanction is that if ...