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A fairly long time has passed since Russia hinted at its version of the “Look East” policy. Today some Russian politicians and academics insist that Russia is changing its main economic partners from European to Asian countries. The intention for this change seems to have been accelerated by the conflict between Russia and the West over Ukraine in 2014.
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Sakai, S. (2015). Economic Relations between Japan and the Russian Far East. In: Huang, J., Korolev, A. (eds) International Cooperation in the Development of Russia’s Far East and Siberia. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137489593_6
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