Notes
1. Other sources say this is a judo term for “draw” or “tie.”—Trans.
2. “Sindzo Abe predlozhil Vladimiru Putinu podpisat’ mirnyi dogovor,” Kommersant, September 7, 2017, available at https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3403817 (accessed 12/5/2017).
3. Iu. Batin, “Rossiia predlozhila Iaponii postroit’ most Khokkaido–Sakhalin,” Rossiiskaia gazeta, September 6, 2017, available at https://rg.ru/2017/09/06/reg-dfo/rossiia-predlozhila-iaponii-postroit-most.html (accessed 12/5/2017).
4. V. Melikov, “VMF Rossii nazval tsel’ sovmestnykh uchenii s KNR v Iuzhno-Kitaiskom more,” RNT, September 12, 2016, available at http://russnewsinfo.ru/blog/43931384341/VMF-Rossii-nazval-tsel-sovmestnyih-ucheniy-s-KNR-v-YUzhno-Kitays (accessed 12/5/2017).
5. Yu. Koidzumi, “Pochemu voenno-morskie ucheniia Kitaia i Rossii provodilis’ v Iuzhno-Kitaiskom more?” Inosmi.ru, September 29, 2016, available at http://inosmi.ru/military/20160929/237941212.html (accessed 12/5/2017).
6. “Putin: Rossiia solidarna s KNR, ne priznavshei reshenie suda po Iuzhno-Kitaiskomu moriu,” TASS, September 5, 2016, available at http://tass.ru/politika/3595565 (accessed 12/5/2017).
7. Many experts discuss how China will pose a threat to Russia in the future; Vladislav Inozemtsev in particular has spoken on this topic numerous times. See V. Inozemtsev, “Kitai glavnaia ugroza dlia mirovoi ekonomiki,” “Personal’no vash” na Ekho Moskvy, YouTube, January 14, 2017, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-0U0kY08DU (accessed 12/5/2017); also see the film “Kitai ugroza dlia Rossii s vostoka. Dokumental’nyi fil’m,” YouTube, January 5, 2017, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wprxQIbX9Sc (accessed 12/5/2017).