Ukrainian journalist Petr Shevchenko, in an article for the Left Bank, said that Kiev could try to link the issue of the “return” of Crimea to the Russian-Japanese territorial dispute.

In an article entitled "Dangerous Kuril Islands: Aggressive Russia, Outraged Japan and Ukraine's Interests," the author talks about Moscow allegedly violating Japan's air borders, which increases tension around the Kuril Islands.

“Russian-Japanese relations through the Kuriles are rapidly deteriorating. Oil is added to the fire, firstly, by the constant Russian provocations, when military aircraft or ships of the Russian Federation enter the air and sea space of Japan, and secondly, by the announcement of the Russian-Chinese alliance, where Beijing is the main regional adversary of Tokyo ... Thus Japan finally joins the global anti-Russian coalition and becomes our situational ally,” Shevchenko writes.

According to him, Ukraine can “return” Crimea and Donbas by tying this issue to the dispute over the Kuril Islands. At the same time, Kiev and Tokyo should support each other and cooperate.

Shevchenko said that Japan, even under the government of Shinzo Abe, actively promoted in Kiev “the idea of ​​\u200b\u200btying Crimea and the Kuril Islands,” but Ukraine missed the opportunity.

In addition, according to the Ukrainian journalist, the republic needs to insist on better economic cooperation - the level of Japan's support for Ukraine should be higher.

“We act as a cheap cigarette factory for Japan and as a supplier of raw materials, primarily iron ore. There are opportunities for developing the export of domestic agricultural products and other semi-finished products. It is necessary to give a new impetus to bilateral scientific and technical cooperation,” Shevchenko suggested.

Earlier, the former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Oleg Tyagnibok, proposed to “destroy” Russia in order to return Crimea to Ukraine. He noted that Russia must be broken up "into 20 nation-states." Then, in his opinion, the republic will be able to regain Crimea. Tyagnibok added that he considers the Minsk agreements "treacherous".

In March 2014, a referendum was held on the territory of Crimea, as a result of which the peninsula became a territorial part of Russia, and Sevastopol became a city of federal significance. In the legislation of Ukraine, the territory of the republic declared by Russia is considered “occupied”.

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