Let’s enjoy English 14th

メイちゃん、今晩は😊

明日、金曜の夜、十一時から十二時の間でどうかな？

【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《From inside the worst separated society》

E：As to the Syrian who has swarmed Germany at present, when comparing them with the Turkish immigrants, their society and culture are different from Germany still more. If going on the policy, Germany would accept not only Syria, but Iraq, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabian in the future. Sometimes cousins gets marry each other and it’s not rare in Saudi Arabia. The percentage on marriage by causing is no less than 35%, so its culture is extremely introvert. Do the Germany….

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《From inside the worst separated society》

E：Do the Germany think really they can unify such the varied nations? If so, I’m forced to say it’s a very dangerous challenge. Each nation in Europe hasn’t stopped the Schengen Agreement going and come out each country in Europe at will without inspecting immigrants until now, and it is going on to be used for a wrong purpose. That kind of problem has broken out under the situation that the economy doesn’t go well because of deflation, unemployment doesn’t go down, and they can’t make…

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《From inside the worst separated society》

E：…and they can’t make the youth in diversity unify in the society, and that problem has broken out there at present. Basically, Europe is aging and mature society. Aging society hardly becomes unstable and adventurous, but intellectual blank occurs extremely in Europe at present, and their society goes mad lately. The youth gains power and the existing power is overthrown, then the society is changed. It’s the history for us the human being, so I’m interested in it as historian.

《What Germany should do?》

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《What should Germany do? 》

I：EU has negotiated with Turkey and sent back refugees who were illegal stowaways to Turkey, instead receiving the same number refugees who were no problem and paid some six billion euros which is equivalent to some seven hundred sixty billion yen in Japan, moreover relieved the visa for the Turkish in Europe. EU has promised like that and has tried to stop the problem on refugees.

E：After all the agreement wouldn’t function. The reaction toward the refugees is varied in Europe. In short Europe has turned into separation.

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《What should Germany do? 》

E：On the other hand, Turkey has had the problem on the Kurdish in Turkey and Turkey has also changed into the separation. The promise which has made between nations which is separated takes after the talk done twenty years ago, it’s meaningless, and obvious it won’t be carried out actually. Handling the way of EU changes into nothing is decided, they have learned to acknowledge in Europe nowadays. It’s just that Europe is a phrase, and its body has been lost there. When thinking of the problem on refugees in Europe, I think…

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《What should Germany do? 》

E：…I think what Germany should do at first, for Germany has accepted refugees from the Middle East positively in the first place, though some of them have gone to France as well, unemployment rate is high and is shown the phobia on Islamic by the demonstration on Charlie in France, so refugee must not have wanted to gone to France. Germany has the problem of declining birth rate which is in common in Japan. Both of the nation come to aging owning to growing old and facing population decline, it seems that Japan accepts it…

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《What should Germany do? 》

E：…it seems that Japan accepts its decline, on the other hand, Germany hasn’t give up gaining energy, so it accepts the large amount of immigrants and tries to maintain young population. Needless to say there is possibility that Germany adopts reasonable policy in the future. Except for Germany, other nation which are worth of taking into account are America, Russia which are stable and the movement in Iran. I think the relation by joining force of those countries has the key for that the Middle East is stable.

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《What should Germany do? 》

E：It is regrettable that France has had already no influence involving in the movement on the history. Even if I am a French, I’m forced to accept it as historian frankly.

I：England plans to carry out the referendum on withdrawal from EU June in 2018, and even a new word of Brexit which means the withdrawal of England from EU was born. The Prime Minister Cameron tries to prevent England from leaving from EU, but supporting the withdrawal on England from EU has increased in the public opinion, and the serial terrorism ….

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《What should Germany do? 》

I：…and the serial problem in Belgium this time would make the ones who support the withdrawal increase the power.

E：England isn’t only the member in EU, but the one of the sphere England and America which is the big community, so leaving from EU is comparatively easier than other countries. Other countries joining in EU are obedient to Germany, but England has never beaten by Germany in the past, its historic element has influence over both of England and France, but England becomes one with EU in its geographical…

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

E：…but England becomes one with EU in geographically and economically, so leaving from EU seems to be hard. The upper class in England understands it, so they don’t think they want to leave from EU. Monetary power is very strong at present, so I’m not sure whether or not England would adopt to leave.

《The big turning point in the society of America》

Then America was in the middle of the Presidential election in 2016, and in the preliminary election, Trump running alone in the Republican Party, and Hillary in the Democratic Party, and Sanders was in…

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《The big turning point in the society of America》

…and Sanders was in hot pursuit of her. What do they think of it in Europe?

E：The movement is very interesting, the President in America doesn’t have the same strong authority as in France, so it doesn’t matter who is the President in America, but Trump and Sanders rose at the same time, and the way of feeling changes behind two of the statesmen. I’m interested in it. Two of the Presidential candidates adopt the common theme beyond whether right or left. The one is the resistance to the establishment.

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《The big turning point in the society of America》

E：Both of the candidates don't belong to the political party until they ran as candidates, they joined in the political party so as to be the President, so their way of thinking is different from other leaders in the political party in the past, moreover they put up progressive economic policy like graduated taxation 累進課税 and positive financial policy, and promised the protection in trade, tuition exemption, protecting benefit on the Americans. I think it means America comes to the big turning point.

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《The big turning point in the society of America》

E：If looking back at the history, we know there used to be a big wave in Amerika several times before. America used to be freewheeling, and to be opposed to the invention by the nation thoroughly, but the new Deal policy was carried out under the President Franklin Roosevelt in 1930. Then America relied on the leadership in the nation and at the time of Reagan government, the neoliberalism hailed around America, and the neoliberalims and denied the role on the nation, and the role on the nation is...

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《Big turning point in the society of America》

E：…and the role on the nation is going to be rethought. The big wave is caused the structure in the absolute nuclear family of Anglo-Saxon of which relation between parents and children is independent, and parents don’t mind the growth on children. Comparing Immediate family which makes much of the continuity on parents and children like Japan and German with America, the relation between parents and children are free and children start something new altogether in America, so each generation tends to…

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《Big turning point in the society of America》

E：…so each generation tends to change so much. The culture has the generation which has a big meaning. One more thing. When looking at the public opinion in America, there is a thing I can be aware of, in particular, it’s shown on the youth, the favorable appreciation on the nation by the youth has been heightened. On the other hand, the interest on religion has dropped. When the movement on neoliberalism was heightened, the interest on religion was strengthened as well in parallel. I find it interesting.

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《The big turning point in the society of America》

E：While the enthusiasm to religion becomes cool, making much of the secular and evaluation to the nation is heightened. If taking those things into account, the society in America approaches the one in Europe and Japan. In general, the rise on Trump and Sanders is thought to be something strange in Europe, but when looking at its background, there is nothing strange, we can see interesting process historically.

I：I see. Both of America and Europe seem to be in the big turning point at present.

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【EU which is aging society has wandered】

《The big turning point in the society of America》

E：You are right. Not only America, Europe but every nation doesn’t go well at present. Russia has changed from confused nation to the stable power, and China which grows rapidly changes into unstable power. Likewise the conventional way of thinking isn’t able to be passed. What kind of network is connected among countries in the future? The reconstruction has never been done yet. The model which is fit for every nation doesn’t exist, so each of us has to look for the way of each of our own.

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【Hegemony by Russia】

《New imperialism by Putin who is the emperor》

The President Putin who made the Crimea Peninsula annex into Russia, starting to be involved in the dispute in the Middle East, and tried not to hide the ambition to get back the territory on the Soviet Union in the past. What will happen to the sovereign over the northern territories in Japan? Let’s be aware of the actual situation on おそロシア.

【What’s happened in Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

The Crimea Peninsula in Ukraine was annexed into Russia March in 2014. Collision between the influence of pro Russia and …

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【What’s happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

The collision between the influence of pro Russia and the government army force continued in Ukraine and even ceased fire wasn’t carried out there. It was the Crimea Peninsula which wasn’t reported behind the civil war. What happened to the Peninsula which protruded to the Black Sea? The author said he went there so as to interview the people February in 2015. It takes one hour and fifty minutes from Moscow to the airport in Crimea usually by plane, but it took some three hours then, for the plane was forced to take a roundabout…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

…for the plane was forced to make a roundabout so as not to fly over the eastern area of Ukraine where the civil war broke out. It decreased the risk by shooting down like the aircraft in Malaysia. When arriving the terminal of the airport, the gate for immigrant control was unmanned. It used to be the arrival gate for a domestic line in Ukraine, but turned into the domestic line for Russia then.

When the author arrived at Crimea six years before, the flag of Ukraine of which upper part was blue and the lower part was yellow…

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【What happened to Crimea? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

…the flag of Ukraine of which upper part was blue and of which lower part was yellow flapped in the wind, but the flag of Russia of three colors of white, blue and red from the top was filled with the airport. After arriving at the airport, the author turned the cellphone on, but it was shown I had no signal.


At the time of Ukraine, the cellphone of Japan was used by global roaming, the cellphone which is contracted in Japan is used overseas, we call it global roaming. The service on cellphone was incorporated into the domestic service, but…

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【What happened to Crimea? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

…but the global roaming was stopped then.

While there are lots of the national flags of Ukraine on the license plate on automobile, the national flag of Ukraine which was three colored on license plate increased.

Crimea Peninsula used to be the part of Russia, but was moved to Ukraine by Khrushchev in 1954. He worked at Ukraine for a long time and had an attachment on Ukraine. Crimea Peninsula was popular among the people as health resort, so he moved it to Ukraine so as to butter up Ukraine.

Then both of Russia and Ukraine were the part …

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

Then both of Russia and Ukraine were the part of Soviet Union, whether the Crimea Peninsula was moved to Russia or Ukraine, there was no problem, but after the Soviet Union collapsed, the Crimea Peninsula was separated from Russia. As lots of residents whose ancestor was Russia learned to inhabit there, the movement aimed at being separated and independent from Ukraine continued.

As a result, though it belonged to Ukraine, the autonomy with the form of the autonomous Republic of Crimea was allowed.

But the political party of…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

But the political party of pro EU gained the power February in 2014, inclination to EU was strengthened, the residents of pro Russia in Ukraine were repulsive. Armed struggle started in the eastern area, the local referendum was carried out in Crimea and was decided to be incorporated into Russia. As receiving it, the President Putin annexed Crimea into Russia.

On the other hand, America and each nation in EU carried out economic embargo, and Japan sided with them. As a result the relation between Japan and Russia didn’t move…

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【What happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Annexation Ukraine》

…the relation between Japan and Russia didn’t move smoothly then, and the President Putin planed to come to Japan so as to talk with Japan over Japan’s sovereignty over northern territories, but his schedule didn’t decide. The situation continued.

《Succeeded in the strategy on acquisition by Russia》

Annexation the Crimea Peninsula has had unexpected influence over Japan. The author asked the first deputy Prime Minister in the Crimean Republic which is the part of Russian Federal at present. Crimea was transferred to Russia. What…

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【What happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy of acquisition by Russia》

What do you think of it?

The author used the word of transfer then, but the other nations which were opposed to the activity on Russia adopted the word of annexation.

The Deputy Prime Minister answered like the next.

The origin on Crimea is Russia. Crimea used to belong to Ukraine, but Ukraine wasn’t the homeland for lots of people. We’ve thought we returned to our homeland.

Public work has increased and unemployment rate has dropped. A patient who suffers from serious illness and has to get medical…

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【What happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy of acquisition by Russia》

A patient who suffers from serious illness and has to get medical treatment in high level learned to be moved to a health institute and be able to get treatment in high technology.

The whole Crimea Peninsula has been appointed as free economic zone from 2015, and the company which advanced into the Crimea Peninsula learned to be exempted or decreased the taxation. We can understand Russian government adopted the policy so as to make the people in Crimea think it’s good because of being Russia.

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【What happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy on acquisition by Russia》

But how do the resident think Crimea was annexed into Russia? The author listened to the talk from the family whose family members were four, the couple and two children. They said like the next.

It is the medical insurance which changed the most than any other thing from Ukraine to Russia. At the time of Ukraine, the cost of treatment was almost self-pay in full, but it’s free of charge in Russia at present. My husband was hospitalized last year and food bills for three meals was free of charge then.

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【What happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy on acquisition by Russia》

Pension is supplied from the age of 60 for men, from the age of 55 for women. When comparing the amount of money in Ukraine with Russia, it increases three times. A half million of rouble is supplied to the family which has two children as lump-sum money.

Besides, the salary on employee who are engaged in each company becomes triple in average. Though the utility cost becomes higher than at the time of Ukraine, but it would drop gradually as transition measure.

The house wife said the cost of living is…

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【What happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy on acquisition by Russia》

The house wife said the cost of living is higher than before, but the income has increased by far higher than before, and the cost of medical care becomes free of charge, so their life is easier.

Russian government carried out the strategy of acquisition to the residents in Crimea, and it turned out it goes well.

Speaking of the Crimea Peninsula, it’s the place where Yaita Conference was held some eight years ago in 1945. Three leaders gathered there and talked on the post war process then. Staling from…

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【What happened to Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy on acquisition by Russia》

Stalin from Soviet Union, Roosevelt from America, Churchill from England were there.

The commemorative photo of those three outdoor has appeared in the textbook on the word history, so it’s familiar with us.

Yaita in the Crimea Peninsula is well known as health resort facing the Black Sea and its climate must have been mild, but they bundled up thick coat in the photo.

The author said he found it strange, but then Crimea was so cold that its temperature reaches below freezing even if during daytime.

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy on acquisition by Russia》

The Livadia palace where the meeting place site for the Yalta Conference was built as imperial villa for the Emperor Nicholas Ⅱ at the time of Imperial Russia, and huge statues for those three leaders were done at the corner of the garden February in 2015.

The one which Stalin had in his hand is the tobacco for a pipe, Roosevelt was the tobacco of filter, and Churchill was cigar. The statues are reproduced in details like that, but the author said he felt an intention on the composition on statues.

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《Succeeded in strategy on acquisition by Russia》

Roosevelt and Churchill looked up Stalin who was grim face, and two of formers were in smile. It was Stalin who led the order after the war. The author said as if the thought of the Russian had been conveyed to him. It’s a manipulation on image.

Stalin was shorter than two of them actually, so the close aside struggled so as to three of them were equal, so the chair on Staling alone became higher.

We call the meeting Yalta Conference, but it’s changed into Crimea Conference in Russia lately.

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula?】

《Succeeded in strategy on acquisition by Russia》

If the conference was done in Yalta, it’s not clear whether or not Crimea belonged to Russia, but if expressing it’s the Crimea Conference, Russia can appeal Crimea belongs to Russia. History is rewritten like that, the author said like that.

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to the Russian》

The Crimea Peninsula belonged to Ukraine until 2014, but Russia has controlled it effectively at present. It means that ignoring the law and justice and using the force, and made it as accomplished…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to the Russian》

…and made it as accomplished fact and justifies it. It allows to do it. Accomplished effectively has the nuance like that.

Unstable situation that the battle between the government army and the pro Russia became violent continues in the eastern area of Ukraine, but the Crimea Peninsula was peaceful, so lots of refugees whose ancestors were the Russian rushed to the Crimea Peninsula from the eastern area of Ukraine. They stay with the home of their relatives or their acquaintance or…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to the Russian》

…or they rent an apartment for themselves, so its real number is unclear.

The author listened to the family member who escaped from Donetsk which is east of Ukraine, asking their acquaintance for help in Crimea. The family member is the mother who is single and her age is 36, the son whose age is 10, the daughter whose age is 4.

There were lots of residents whose ancestor are the Russian in east of Ukraine, and the family members are also the ones whose ancestor are the Russian.

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to the Russian》

As Crimea has been annexed to Russia, it seems that they can come to Crimea more easily than before. The son whose age is 10 has been allowed to transfer to the elementary school at the local of Crimea at once and is taken the class in the Russian.

The mother said she often heard the sound of bombardment in Ukraine, so it was unbearable for her to live there, but when being in Crimea she has been relieved because of being peaceful, she said in a smile.

Her son has taken the class in…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to the Russian》

Her son has taken the class in the Russian, as Crimea has been annexed to Russia from Ukraine, so what’s changed?

The author interviewed at the most prestigious school in Crimea. It used to be the one of which center was the Russian language, but at the time of Ukraine the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian literature were twice a week, and the Russian language was once in a week, but it has been reversed. The Ukrainian language is downgrade to once in a week, and the Ukrainian literature…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to…》

…and the Ukrainian literature is taken place to the Russian one, but the Russian one includes the Ukrainian one, but what about the impression on children? Crimea has been annexed to Russia. What have they thought of it? The author interviewed them in the class of the fifth grade of the elementary school.

As changing into Russia, we can go varied place, so we have fun, said a girl

Russia is a powerful country, so it can protect the Crimea Peninsula, said a boy.

In short, both of them said Russia…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to the Russian》

In short, both of them said Russia is vast and strong.

When asking the children to raise hands if they thought it’s all right because being Russia, except for one, all of the children raised their hands. The one who didn’t raise the hand answered it couldn’t say whether it was good or bad easily.

Its classmates thought it was all right because being Russia, but it said like that, it’s courageous, talking around being Russia isn’t good.

There was a mural by the airport, and children…

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian…》

…and children who were delighted because of being Russia were painted on the mural, but when looking at it carefully, two lines of blue and yellow were sprayed on the mural. It’s the color of the flag on Ukraine. We can see Russia isn’t welcomed by everyone.

When interviewed a girl who took the class of the Ukrainian language, the interpreter changed it into the Russian language and told the author, but the answer from the girl was the Ukrainian consistently. She was particular about the Ukrainian.

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【What happened to the Crimea Peninsula? 】

《The class has been changed from the Ukrainian to the Russian》

The girl was the Tatar who was ethnic minority. They are the Turkish indigenous people. A quarter of million which is the quarter of the whole of the Tatar live in Crimeas.

Stalin feared they would join force with Germany and made all of them emigrate in the central Asia during the World War Ⅱ, lots of the Tatars became the victim then. Since then they become distrustful to Russia, and they aren’t delighted at the annexation at all, so the girl seemed she thought its scorn to speak…

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…so the girl seemed she thought it scorn to speak the Russian. Crimea is filled with modern history.

【Assassination on the leader in the opposing party】

It used to be none of freedom of speech at the time of Soviet Union, the one who criticized the government was arrested, or were taken in psychiatry, for there was problem on its mind because of speaking ill of the ideal society.

On the other hand, there has been the freedom of speech in Russia at present, and even if criticizing Russia, they aren’t arrested, but there is fear they are murdered by someone unknown. Which is better?

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【Assassination on the leader in the opposition party】

The present situation in Russia is extremely terrible, for the powerful leader in the opposing party was assassinated in the center of Moscow.

Kremlin is the place where there is the office for the President Putin. Kremlin means a fortress, it was a palace constructed at the time of the Imperial Russia. After the communist party gained the power in the Russian revolution, the headquarters in the communist party was put there, and Kremlin changed into other name on the communist party then.

After Soviet Union collapsed, it becomes the…

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【Assassination on the leader in the opposition party】

After the Soviet Union collapsed, Kremlin becomes the office and residence for the President Yeltsin, and Putin.

The former deputy Prime Minister was shot at the bridge over the Moscow River near Kremlin February in 2015. After the nuclear power accident atChernobyl in Ukraine, the former Deputy Prime Minister went into the political world.

He joined in the opposition campaign on the nuclear power plant, and was involved in the political world, and enjoyed the President Yeltsin’s favor then. At the time of Yeltsin, he was in the center….

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【Assassination on the leader in the opposing party】

At the time of Yeltsin, he was the center in the political world as the position of the Deputy Prime Minister showed, exercised his skill in the economic reform and the people thought as if he had been the successor for Yeltsin then, but he was dismissed by the influence who was dissatisfied with the economic reform and changed into the opposing party which was liberal at the time of the President Putin.

After that a democratic movement occurred in Ukraine in 2004. It was the resistant movement on the result of the Presidential election…

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【Assassination on the leader in the opposing party】

It was the resistant movement on the result of the Presidential election in Ukraine. They call it the orange revolution. He supported Victor Yushchenko who was the leader for democracy. After Yushcheckout became the Prime Minister, he was appointed to the Presidential advisor who was in charge of investment in Ukraine.

Immediate before being shot, it is said the former Deputy Prime Minister said there was evidence in which the Russian Army intervened in the civil war in Ukraine, but the relation between him and Ukraine started before.

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【Assassination on the leader of the opposing party 】

After the case, the investigative organization under the immediate control from Putin started from the house search on the victim’s house. It means that It had the possibility it caused by the trouble on friendship, or on business.

The house research made the Putin Government grasp the full picture on the influence of the opposing party which got touch in the victim. What is the aim on the investigation? It’s obvious.

《The one who criticized the Putin Government is assassinated》

The investigative organization which investigated the…

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【Assassination on the leader of the opposing party】

《The one who criticized Putin Government is assassinated》

The investigative organization which investigated the case this time announced it arrested the people concerned in the Republic country of Chechnya which is the south of Russia.

It’s strange, why was the former Deputy Prime Minister was killed by the people concerned in Chechnya who had no relation with him altogether?

When hearing the information, lots of people thought of the possibility it was the crime by the influence close to the Putin Government. How about it? It’s unclear.

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【Assassination on the leader in the opposition party】

《The one who criticized the Putin Government is assassinated》

The suspicion that there must be the real culprit has never been cleared, for statesmen and journalists who were critical of the Putin Government were murdered one after another in Russia.

For example, a woman reporter in an independent newspaper company which continued the critical report of the Putin Government was shot by someone unclear at the elevator in her apartment complex in 2006. The person from Chechnya was arrested as suspect then, but the background on the murder…

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