Chapter 943: Territorial Disputes

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Putin is a more capable person, but he is still a relatively honest person. Fan Wuxian pondered the words for a moment and said to Shen Ying.

He is obviously justified in saying this, in fact, because Putin's ascension to power is relatively sudden, even the level of understanding of him in Russia is seriously insufficient, let alone other countries.

Most people now know about Putin only that the new Russian general manager is not only young and capable, but also a former KGB officer, proficient in judo, and can fly fighter jets, but other than that, they really know very little.

However, if you don't know it, you don't know it, as the largest inheritor of the legacy of the Soviet Union, Russia's every move will attract the attention of all countries in the world.

On the diplomatic front, Putin has tried to restore Russia's status as a great power in the Soviet era, and he has repeatedly publicly stated that the ideal world order should be a just and democratic world order that guarantees the security and wealth of all, not a few, and said that Russia advocates a democratic and multipolar world order, and supports the consolidation of international law.

At the same time, Russia under Putin's leadership has also formed strategic cooperative relations with the European Union, the United States and other Western countries, and will become a member of the G-8.

However, Russia's diplomatic relations with the Baltic states have been strained, and Estonia's criticism of Russia has further stiffened diplomatic relations between the two countries. It is worth noting that Putin's father was nearly killed in Estonia during a bombing mission in World War II, which some believe is a reason for Putin's lukewarm attitude towards Estonia.

Whether it is the threat of an information war with Estonia, the threat of cutting off Lithuania's resource supply, or the embargo on Georgian wine and Polish meat resources, all of this is strong evidence that Putin is ready to extend Russia's influence to the former Soviet Union member states, regardless of their own feelings.

At the same time, it is becoming increasingly clear that rather than seeing Western countries as trade and political partners, he prefers to see them as thorns in the flesh with the old mentality of the Cold War.

As for the king of Korea, Russia was indifferent to it after the founding of the country, and turned to support South Korea. However, since taking office, Putin has not only visited the DPRK many times, but also defused the potential war crisis between the DPRK and the ROK.

In addition, Putin has expressed his willingness to help North Korea alleviate its economic problems.

In January this year, as soon as Putin took office as president of Russia, he called Yoshiro Aimori of Japan, hoping that the two sides would hold talks. At this time, Yoshiro Mori, who was in a political crisis because of Fan Wu's illness, agreed on the spot, hoping to rely on talks to resolve the territorial issue between the two countries, so as to gain political capital and support him to continue to stay in the same position for a while.

However, Putin was resolute in this and directly rejected Yoshiro Mori's request to implement Kawanai's proposal, but proposed to tie up an intermediate treaty first, and of course his request was also rejected by Yoshiro Mori.

For the relationship between China and Russia, there have also been some changes, Russia and China both feel the importance of each other's anti-American position, if you want to contend with the increasingly powerful United States, only China and Russia join hands to get out, so the relationship between China and Russia has improved rapidly, and border trade transactions have also increased greatly, so that a while ago there were rumors that Chinese businessmen bought Russian Suaber fighters, and the Russian side did not publicly refute this matter, which made the media suspicious, It is not clear to what extent the strategic cooperative relationship between China and Russia has reached?

"In fact, the cooperation between China and Russia is far less close than outsiders think." Fan Wuxian said to Shen Ying, "Because Putin is unfathomable and does not show traces, the high-level people are a little incomprehensible to him, so although the contacts between the two sides have gradually increased, they have not achieved strategic cooperation and mutual trust on some major issues." ”

"And what do you think of him?" Shen Ying asked.

"I can't see through him, but this man is a pragmatist, and as long as the cooperation between our two sides is fruitful and beneficial to Russia's development, he can't oppose it." Fan replied, "So, this time he invited us to Moscow, I think we should still go and see, and there is a good chance that there will be some opportunities for cooperation." ”

"What useful can he get from you?" Shen Ying was a little puzzled by this.

In fact, in terms of technical capabilities and resources, Russia is relatively strong, even if it once collapsed the country's economy because of the Soviet Union's poor soldiers, but now after shock therapy, there are signs of recovery, and it is believed that in a few years, Russia will become another huge empire across Eurasia6.

Therefore, Shen Ying felt that Fan Wuzhi could not play a very important role in Russia, or he had discussed with the Russians about exploiting oil and gas resources in Siberia, but now, Russia's local oil tycoons have already done so, so naturally they will not agree to Fan Wuzhi such a dragon plundering strategic resources in Russia for profit, which is the same as Fan Wuxi's desire to control the rare earth industry in China。。。。。。

"Actually, the issue that Russia is most concerned about now is the issue of the four northern islands, but Putin has just taken office, and he is not willing to show too tough a position on this issue for the time being, and the collapse of the Japanese cabinet before just helped him avoid this more embarrassing problem, so he probably hopes to alleviate the deterioration of Russia's relations with Japan because of the four northern islands through some more non-governmental channels." Fan Wuxian replied after thinking about it.

"Do you have what it takes to worsen relations between Russia and Japan?" Shen Ying asked in surprise.

"Nope." Fan replied dryly, and then he added, "But I have a way to make the political situation in Japan continue to deteriorate. ”

Japan is not a good neighbor by nature, and to the west, it has a territorial dispute with South Korea over Takeshima (Dokdo); To the south, it also wants to claim China's Diaoyu Islands as its own; To the north, the four northern islands (known to the Soviets as the South Thousand Pages) that had been annexed to Russia's territory were even more difficult for them to let go.

Of course, it is difficult to spit out the meat that has entered the mouth of Russia, and for Japan, only the Pacific Ocean, which stretches as far as the eye can see, is peaceful, because there is only the sea there, and there are no territorial disputes.

However, compared with Japan's arrogance and unreasonableness on the issue of the Diaoyu Islands, its experience on the issue of the four northern islands can only be described as bitter and bitter. After Japan's surrender in 1945, with the consent of the United States and Britain, Soviet troops occupied the four northern islands. Since then, the Japanese residents have been forced to move away. As a result, every year, many Japanese who have traveled far away return to their hometowns to mourn in front of their ancestral graves.

In the international community after World War II, because the Japanese government has always followed the United States, the Soviet Union naturally looked at it coldly. Although both sides are trying to improve relations, it is very strange that the two powers have not signed a peace treaty after more than 50 years of talks, and the main obstacle is that both sides are unwilling to give up ownership of the four northern islands.

In terms of strategic space, if the four northern islands are given to the Japanese devils, then Vladivostok, Russia's only ice-free port in the Far East, will be under the surveillance of the United States and Japan, and Russia's nuclear strategic space will be suppressed.

On the contrary, if the four northern islands have been occupied by Russia, then Japan will have to be ready to deal with the threat from the north at any time, and with the containment of China and South Korea, Japan's geostrategy will be in a very disadvantageous position, and since Vladivostok will not be too threatened, the deterrence of Russian strategic missile nuclear submarines against the United States will also be strengthened.

Under such conditions, it is obviously impossible for Putin to agree to the return of the four northern islands.

"In fact, when did you vomit the food in the stomach of Beishuoxing?" Fan Wuxian said to Shen Ying, at the beginning, Lenin also said that he would return the territory occupied by China, but when he got into Stalin's hands, he immediately turned his face and denied it, and also wiped out all the evidence of what Lenin said, this is still the practice of the so-called friends and comrades at that time, as for Japan, which itself has the experience of two Russo-Japanese wars, they will be so generous! ”

At that time, the Soviet Union collapsed, and Russia, as the successor of the great powers, inherited the four northern islands, which were strategically important to the Pacific Ocean, and of course, the Japanese governors never forgot about these four islands.

Over the years, Russia has been experiencing overnight rains, not only has its military strength been gradually weakened, but its economic development has also been unsatisfactory. In the face of a desperate need for foreign investment, Russia has been seeking to improve relations with Japan, its old neighbor and the rich. Therefore, for the sake of developing the eastern economy, Russia reluctantly parted its love this year, first announcing that it might consider whether the feasibility of returning the four northern islands existed, and then Putin said that Japan-Russia relations should be strengthened and jointly developed.

Japan's reaction was beyond Russia's expectations, and the first thing they mentioned was not cooperation, but to see that the four northern islands had indeed returned to Japan, which can be said to be a typical example of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, but how could Russia spit out the meat in its mouth? Putin is nothing more than playing with political means, and when it comes to territorial issues, no one dares to make mistakes.

"Putin still has an idea, that is, procrastination, but the Japanese are not stupid, if you don't give me the four northern islands, I won't cooperate with you, this is also their position." "But now Putin sees an alternative solution, which is to improve Russia's economy by strengthening exchanges with Chinese private capital, at least so that there is no need to think about Japan's economic aid for the time being." So, he's still interested in my money. ”

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