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Dangers hidden in the “five phrases” that are often reported in Japan

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Five “common” phrases

It is often used in news and comments about Russia from Japan for the past two months, but for the author who has been covering Russian society in the ninth year of living in Russia, there is a phrase that feels strange.


“If sanctions against Russia are strengthened, the people will rise and the government will collapse.”

“Russians suffer at their own risk”

“Youth are rebels, elderly are pro-government”


“Information control is strict and correct information is not transmitted.”

“Russia is an impossible country”

These five. If the original appearance of Russia is “Russia A”, by combining the above five elements and appearing in the news, an image of “Russia B”, which is different from the actual situation, is formed among the Japanese. I feel like I’m there.

Because of that, when the Japanese are thinking about how to discipline and reflect on “Russia B”, the essential “Russia A” is neither painful nor itchy.

The values ​​and worldviews in Russia A are quite different from those of the general Japanese. I would like to explain it in order.

First of all, the theory that “the people will stand up if sanctions against Russia are strengthened” has the opposite result.

The logic of those who see the virtual image of “Russia B” would be sanctions → citizens have trouble living → no to the government that created the cause of the sanctions → overthrow the government.

But even Russians, who have liberal political ideas and love Western and Japanese things, assert that “it isn’t.”

When the people are at a level where they are really in trouble, their anger goes to the West and Japan, where sanctions are imposed, regardless of their usual political beliefs.

As a general Japanese, you would say, “That’s stupid, because it was Russia that made the cause in the first place.” However, in the world of Russia A, such an idea rarely comes to mind.

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