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Russia Retaliates Against Japan by Renaming Victory Day
Recently, Russia’s move against Japan has attracted attention from the outside world. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed a bill to rename the country’s annual September 3 “Anniversary of the End of World War II” as “Day of Victory in the War Against Japanese Militarism and the Day of the End of World War II.” The Russian side made it clear that this was done to counter Japan. The historical grievances between Russia and Japan are well known, and there are still territorial disputes. Russia made it clear that since Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine, “Japan and the West jointly launched an unprecedented unfriendly action against Russia”,…