WorldIN BRIEF: Putin on Western ‘piracy, robbery’ and Japan’s groundless claims
Speaking during Pacific Fleet exercises, Vladimir Putin said Japan’s territorial claims over the Kuril Islands were groundless and that Western plans to seize Russian merchant ships amounted to “piracy and robbery.” He also said new weapons and expanding military blocs in the Asia-Pacific threaten Russia.
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IN BRIEF: Putin on Western ‘piracy, robbery’ and Japan’s groundless claims