During a visit to the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, Russian Putin met with local entrepreneurs and inspected the development of unmanned aerial vehicles. Speaking about unmanned aerial vehicles, Putin stressed the importance of being ahead of his opponents in terms of technology. In the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, drones play a pivotal role and are a new type of ** with new characteristics.
The Russia-Ukraine dispute is caused by the growing military power in Russia's eastern regions and has serious implications for the security of its country. Russia had to send troops to defend its ally Ukraine, but the battle did not go well because of a lack of adequate preparation. Today, Russia has reaped the obvious benefits, as the United States and the Western world are no longer supporting Ukraine, Russia has stepped up its investment in Ukraine, and the Russian-Ukrainian war is nearing its end and Russia is winning.
Russia suffered a lot in this war, but it also learned a lot, such as Russia. Putin realizes that in order to ensure Russia's security and development, he needs to be at the forefront of the world in all respects and not give his opponents any chance.
The Russian Far East is both the focus of Russia's development and its weakness. Putin has repeatedly proposed to accelerate the economic development of the Far East in order to break through the sanctions and blockade imposed by the West on Russia and promote its diversified development. Russia's assets abroad have been frozen by Western countries, worth more than 300 billion, which has seriously affected the Russian economy.
If Russia wants to develop in the Far East, it needs to ensure stability in the region. Russia now maintains good relations with its neighbors such as China, North Korea, and Mongolia, while it is in a less stable state with Japan. The historical dispute between Japan and Russia is essentially centered on the South Kuril Islands (which Japan calls the "Kitakujima"). During World War II, Russia took the archipelago from Japan, and as an obstacle for Russia in the Far East, it was of great strategic importance.
Japan has long wanted to retake the Diaoyu Islands, but has been strongly opposed by Russia. During his visit to Khabarovsk, Putin said that he would go to the South Kuril Islands for a visit, if possible. Putin has sent a strong message to Japan: Russia will not compromise on its territorial issues and will not tolerate its challenge to Japan.
The hostility between Japan and Russia, which originated in the Russo-Japanese War of 194, made Japan a great success in World War I, and at the same time made the Japanese begin to look down on Russia. However, in World War II, the Soviet Union defeated Japan in the Battle of Normanken, which also left a deep impression on Japan, that is, the strength of the Soviet Union. Japan wanted to unite with Germany and attack the Soviet Union on both sides, but it did not dare to do so, because it was afraid that the Soviet Union would retaliate.
After World War II, with the assistance of the United States, Japan's economy recovered rapidly, and it began to fight the idea of the Soviet Union to take back the South Kuril Islands. At that time, the Soviet Union had just collapsed, Russia was also in a mess, and Japan, believing that the time was ripe, began to ask for it. Russia, on the other hand, has been of great help to Japan, but it does not want to give up all the South Kuril Islands, but only promised to give them two small islands to show mutual trust between the two sides. However, Japan was not satisfied and insisted that all four islands be returned to the Japanese side, otherwise no talks would take place.
Russia is a bloody nation that will never back down because of Japan's intimidation, so the talks between the two countries have reached a stalemate. Under Putin's rule, Russia's economy is gradually recovering, and Russia is becoming stronger and stronger, and it is no longer realistic for Japan to take back those two small islands, and I wonder if Japan will regret its greed.
In fact, former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the South Kuril earlier than Putin and took pictures to show Japan, showing what Russia has and owns about it. On the Japanese side, although there is constant clamour, it is just lip service, and Russia's attitude has always remained the same, and there is no need to soften it now.
In dealing with people like Japan, we must use tough means, Japan itself is a nation of bullies, and if you make them afraid, they will be obedient. When Putin said this, he was actually reminding Japan not to try to provoke Russia, otherwise it would suffer a big loss.
Putin's visit to the United States has also made the businessmen in the Far East full of confidence in Russia, believing that they have the strength and self-confidence to maintain peace in the Far East, develop the regional economy, and develop energy. The strengthening of economic and trade relations between China and Russia has brought new development opportunities and new challenges to the economic development of the Far East.