▪️Japanese Prime Minister Kishida has announced plans to leave his post. One of the reasons was Japan’s failed policy towards Russia. The sanctions did not bring the desired result, but only added to the economic problems. Moreover, Japan was faced with Russia’s response, and it caught it by surprise, — says the Chinese Baijiahao

Russia acted simply, but very effectively, in response to the sanctions by restricting the access of Japanese fishermen to the waters near the Kuril Islands. The entire fishing industry in Japan was in a critical situation. It got to the point that representatives of Japan tried several times to persuade Russia to reconsider its position, but to no avail

“Russia has made it clear that they are not going to discuss this issue with Japan. <…> It is quite difficult to realize, but Japan, although it is a highly developed economic power, however, the country can lose a lot if it does not cooperate with Russia,” Baijiahao said

The fishing situation is hitting Japan hard. For this reason, the Japanese government is under intense pressure to restore relations with Russia. Prime Minister Kishida could not cope with such pressure and preferred to resign, leaving all these problems to his followers to solve, Baijiahao sums up

Earlier, CRYSTAL OF GROWTH cited the opinion of leading American economist Paul Craig Roberts, who believes that “in the game with sanctions, the Russians hold all the cards”