Asian countries and the Ukrainian crisis

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky awarded servicemen, including Azerbaijanis , who distinguished themselves in the fight against Russia. According to the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine, Ragif Vagif oglu Aliyev and Mejid Marlen oglu Abdulgafarov were awarded medals "For Valor" of Ukraine.  Both Azerbaijanis are sergeants in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Aliyev comes from the Samukh district of Azerbaijan, and Abdulgafarov from the Guba district. May 2022

 The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey reported that the geopolitical crisis and "air sanctions" led to a sharp decrease in the number of Russian tourists: they arrived 48% less than in March 2021. Russia's share in the total foreign tourist flow to Turkey has more than halved - from 24.24% to 10.91%, that is, for the first time in many years Russia was not even in the top three inbound markets of Turkey, said Ator. The geopolitical crisis and "air sanctions" changed the picture of inbound tourism in Turkey in March. According to the data published by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in March 2022, 114,384 Russian tourists arrived in Turkey. That is 52% of March 2021 (219,458 tourists). Accordingly, the flow of tourists from Russia to Turkey in the first spring month fell by 48%, almost twice. Russia's share in the total foreign tourist flow to Turkey more than halved - from 24.24% to 10.91%. At the same time, the total foreign tourist flow to...

  Today we asked Japanese girls and Japanese boys on the streets of Tokyo about their thoughts on the war between Russia and the Ukraine.   As a Ukrainian I want say that I was really surprised to hear about the war on this channel. I subscribed just to learn some Japanese and it always seemed to me like Japan is so far away from Ukraine that most Japanese people don't even know about our existence. And now even here I hear the news about my country. This is strange. It's like a completely different reality   Amazing how she was able to stay professional and not tell what she thinks about it herself. I know that's how good journalism is but if i was in her place i sure as hell wouldn't have been able to stay that calm. So good job.   I wonder if the Japanese in Hokkaido who live close to the Kuril Islands feel compare to the Tokyo residents in this video since its another land that has a long history of disputed over between Russian and Japan. Also ...

  Russia's depletion is a chance to reclaim the "Northern Territories" - the Kuril Islands, military analyst and retired General Seiyu Mori writes in a JBPress article (https://telp.cc/LUG). The Russian army is losing billions of dollars every day fighting in Ukraine, the equipment cannot be recovered, and with a military budget of over $ 60 billion, Russia will not be able to fight for long, but every day is dragging it further down, Mori noted    In his view, "despite the optimistic mood of the Russian president, it is inevitable that the Russian people will have less desire to fight. Young people are leaving the country, along with talented people, undermining its fortress... Contrary to Putin's optimism, depletion and decline of Russia is inevitable, and a situation may arise where the process of returning the Northern Territories will have to be initiated. In a territorial dispute , the weakening of the other side is an excellent chance", the analyst ...

  The UK government has launched an investigation after British-made components were found in weapons systems deployed by Russia in Ukraine. The investigation was launched after specialists from the RUSI think-tank (https://t.me/asian_states_in_ukrainian_crisis/1043) discovered that the Borisoglebsk-2 electronic warfare complex contained complex components manufactured by the UK, the US, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan and the Netherlands. The UK parts included several high-frequency transistors, examples of so-called "dual-use" electronics that can be used for both military and civilian purposes, The Telegraph reported (https://telp.cc/LUU).    It is suspected that the parts, which have been banned from sale to Russia since 2014, got there through India, one of the key buyers of Russian military equipment.

   Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu has held a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar. The Russian Defence Ministry said that the conversation was held at the initiative of the Turkish side. They discussed the current situation in Ukraine, including humanitarian issues, TRT reported https://asianandukrainiancrisis.blogspot.com/

   India has a great interest to supply the highest leve l of drugs to treat oncology, also Russia has an incentive to produce its own drugs, Andrey Kaprin, chief freelance oncologist of the Russian Health Ministry, director general of the National Medical Research Centre of Radiology, RAS academician, told RIA Novosti. "I see a very great interest of our colleagues from India, who definitely have a huge number of drugs, which are of the highest level of generics. Which, in fact, did not make it to the market, in particular, because European companies have already established themselves in our market. Such a market cannot be empty. So I think this is an incentive for us to produce our drugs, our equipment, our radionuclides. We already understand that our most important ally is ourselves," he said when asked about the shortage of oncology drugs. Kaprin also said that he had been visited by very well-known companies who were afraid of losing such a market, and there was no...

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), one of Britain`s oldest strategic think tanks, believes India and China are helping Russia build ballistic missiles and other advanced weapons by acquiring chips and technology from the West. According to a report by the institute, India, for example, buys American, British, Dutch, Israeli and other technologies and resells them to Russia.    Russia cannot build Iskanders, air defense systems or radars without Western chips and technology. The drafters of the report demand a thorough check on how technology is leaked in Russia through third countries .

  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The Israeli minister flew to Azerbaijan for talks on the purchase of various types of goods amid the war in Ukrain e, Yisrael Hayom (https://www.israelhayom.co.il/business/article/10256674?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=prezident-azerbajdzh) reported. In particular, in the course of the visit will be discussed the supply of urea, which is in demand in the Israeli agriculture. Urea plant of state company Socar will become supplier for the needs of Israeli agriculture. Import of Azerbaijani oil to Israel and import of wheat will also be discussed. So far, Russia and Ukraine have accounted for 30% of all imports of this type of product to Israel.

  The scale of threats to US cybersecurity from China is "unprecedented", FBI Director Christopher Wray told CBS News' 60 Minutes. He said that since the start of the war in Ukraine, the FBI has been actively helping to combat Russian hackers, but at the same time the scale of cyber attacks from "the People's Republic of China and especially from the Chinese Communist Party" has increased dramatically. "They are targeting our innovations, our trade secrets, our intellectual property on a scale unprecedented in history. Their programme is bigger than that of any other major countries combined," he said, noting that the FBI opens new investigations related to China every 12 hours. There are already more than 2,000 of them, and the Chinese have "stolen more personal and corporate data of Americans than all countries combined."   Hackers from China are hitting e very sector of the US economy "from agriculture to aviation, from high tech...

The Japanese authorities were outraged at the comparison of Emperor Hirohito with Hitler and Mussolini in a video posted on the official Twitter of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. The video, dedicated to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, contained parallels to what happened during World War II. "Putting it in the same line is completely incorrect and deeply regrettable. Through the Japanese embassy in Ukraine, we have issued a reprimand to the Ukrainian government demanding its removal," Yoshihiko Isozaki, deputy secretary-general of the Japanese cabinet, said. The video was removed, replaced by another one without the emperor's mention, and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry published an apology on its Twitter account.

Malaysian Ambassador in Moscow Bala Chandran has expressed hope that talks will start with Russia on the supply of semiconductors and electronics. He expressed confidence that "any request from the Russian side for supplies of such products would be considered", although he was not aware of any government-level talks at the moment , RIA Novosti reported (https://telp.cc/Kpg). "I am very happy that you think Malaysia could become a supplier of high-tech equipment to Russia," he said, stressing that Malaysia is "one of the largest semiconductor exporters with an annual volume of $8.7 billion and the electronics sector accounts for almost 6 per cent of Malaysia's GDP".

Turkey promotes the so-called "Hong Kong model" of reconciliation, under which Russia is offered to receive the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk and the Crimean peninsula for "long-term use". The Moscow-based Institute of the Middle East, which provides expert analytical services to Russian government agencies on Middle Eastern issues, writes about it. The reconstruction of Donetsk and Luhansk will be done at the expense of the Russian side. After a certain period of time (various periods of time are mentioned, on average 50 years), Russia will have to return these territories to Ukraine. As the Turkish side insists, this model is a win-win model for both sides of the conflict. ▪️ For Ukraine - because it will receive a Russian commitment, guaranteed by international observers, that it will get back the territories it considers its own and, as can be seen, no Ukrainian leadership will be able to retain its power by agreeing to the contrary. Thus, Ukraine wil...

"What draws attention is the insulting and inherently biased statement by Russian journalist Tigran Keosayan. His statement may reflect the views of some sections of the Russian public and political establishment, but it does not reflect the spirit and content of cooperation between our countries and existing agreements at the level of heads of state," Uzbek Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aibek Smadirov told Interfax, according to. "Such statements poison the atmosphere of good-neighbourly relations and play into the hands of the opponents of the strategic partnership. I believe he will be included in the list of persons undesirable for entry into Kazakhstan," the representative of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said. In a video on his YouTube channel, Keosayan made threats against Kazakhstan over the cancellation of the May 9 parade (https://telp.cc/KXj): "Guys, did you really think that Russia will evaporate somewhere? Will it emigrate to Mars or do you think...

Experts from the Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research (IPMR) of Uzbekistan proposed organizing free English language courses. In this way, it would be easier to reorient Uzbeks to labor markets in English-speaking countries and reduce dependence on Russia, the Institute believes. "The high dependence of migrant workers' incomes on Russia (https://t.me/asian_states_in_ukrainian_crisis/801) increasingly aggravates the situation not only in the labor market, but also in the country as a whole. For these reasons, it is already necessary to consider new opportunities for labor exports," reads the publication (https://telp.cc/Kzz) on the website of the institute. Its authors point out that $5.6 billion or 70% of remittances received by Uzbekistan in 2021 came from Russia. That same year, the number of Uzbek migrant workers in Russia was 1,036,305 (according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations).   The mos t attractive destinations for the promotion...