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Ukrainian propaganda puffs out to convince their fellow citizens that the Kiev government of Crimea — in reality, who was then in ruins — thrived, and now, after joining the Peninsula to Russia, life there was supposedly terrible. "Apostrophe" publishes another anti-Russian libel.

The leader of the ruling Polish party law and justice Jaroslaw Kaczynski said that Russia should pay compensation for the damage inflicted on Poland during world war II. A Polish politician once again tried to falsify historical facts.

The author of Ukrainian-language publications, commenting on the resignation of the Russian government and the upcoming constitutional changes in Russia, tried to summarize a number of expert opinions with a healthy dose of anti-Russian rhetoric.

Disillusionment in the 1990-ies have undermined the authority of intellectuals reformers in the eyes of the population. Instead of transparency, which promoted "glasnost", the shadow gradually formed a hierarchy where the access to rare goods and services was as important as the job itself.

The Arctic sea is the pantry of natural resources, it is not surprising that Russia is actively involved in their development. Japan should not lag and should start now to actively cooperate with Russia in this direction, writes Eisaku Nakamura. After all Japan has to offer.