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Dan of victory
The height of the level also dictates the nature of the visit. Firstly, a state visit, secondly, a solemn one, thirdly, a visit doomed to success. And fourthly - optional. In the sense that it could take place not now, but at any other time.
Statehood and solemnity were expressed in the fact that VVP flew to Tokyo with his wife, Lyudmila Alexandrovna, who rarely appears in public. The fact that the Putin couple was awarded an audience with the Emperor and Empress of Japan, as well as a long stay - two full days. The success is due to the fact that even before the visit, Russian and Japanese diplomats managed to agree: tomorrow Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will sign two important documents. One is about geopolitics, the other, truly important, is about joint economic activities on the islands. The geopolitical document is called “Joint Statement on Cooperation between Russia and Japan in International Affairs” and implies that Moscow and Tokyo are coordinating their positions on global foreign policy issues related to stability in the world - APEC or missile defense. (For information about what gift Bill Clinton prepared for Vladimir Putin for his visit to Japan by refusing to deploy a missile defense system, see the article “Clinton killed his missile defense system.”)
An important document, which Russian diplomats propose to consider as a kind of breakthrough in relations with Japan, is called the “Program for the development of joint economic activities on the islands of Iturup, Kunashir and some islands of the Lesser Kuril chain (framework).” Russia persuaded Japan, as they say, by trick or treating: the essence of the breakthrough is that until now the Japanese have tied joint economic activities in the Kuril Islands to death with the solution of the territorial issue and with the prospect of signing a peace treaty, which, as we know, is, in principle, impossible in the foreseeable future future. The Kremlin today is proud that the Japanese, by default, for the first time actually agreed to invest money in the disputed islands, which they, of course, hope to return, but no more than always. In any case, Putin did not give the Japanese any reasons for increased territorial expectations: “The question of the South Kuril Islands exists, and we recognize the fact of the existence of this issue,” this is the official and final position of the Russian president.
In addition to the documents mentioned, a dozen more various intergovernmental agreements and statements on joint activities in all imaginable areas will be signed tomorrow in Tokyo. For Russia, the most important of these is the preliminary project for the construction of an underwater energy bridge from the Russian Far East to Japan, in order to build several nuclear power plants on Russian territory, the energy of which would be pumped to the Japanese. We want money, the risk associated with peaceful nuclear energy, and jobs. And they get no risk and relatively cheap electricity. To convince the Japanese of the need for this project, Anatoly Chubais flew to Tokyo.
Tomorrow, Vladimir Putin will meet with the largest Japanese oligarchs at the headquarters of the Keidanren organization - a rough analogue of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. After the nest of oligarchs, the president will visit the center of Tokyo judokas, who, as is already known, want to assign him the sixth dan. After this, Putin will fly to New York for the so-called Millennium Summit, held there under the auspices of the UN. Putin is flying there, firstly, to meet with the whole world, to see people and show himself off, and secondly, to support the rapidly declining authority of the UN, which Russia needs like air for geopolitical games.
Read about Vladimir Putin’s stay in Sakhalin in the materials “PSA taken under control” and “Rosneft” will not be touched.”