Putin あられ／賞賛するs Soviet victory over Japan in 法廷，裁判所ing Mongolia
By Vladimir Soldatkin
ULAN BATOR, Sept 3 (Reuters) - ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin 特記する／引用するd a 1939 Soviet victory over the Japanese army as a 創立／基礎 of relations with Mongolia during a visit to Ulan Bator on Wednesday, にもかかわらず a 危険 of upsetting Tokyo.
Putin's 言及／関連 to the 戦う／戦いs of Khalkhin Gol could be seen in Tokyo as a jibe に引き続いて Japan's 許可／制裁s on Russia over the ウクライナ共和国 危機. Japan, locked in a 領土の 論争 with Russia over four 太平洋の islands, joined Western nations in 課すing 許可／制裁s on Russia earlier this year.
"Today we are indeed 場内取引員／株価 together the 75th 周年記念日 of one of the central events in our ありふれた history - the 共同の victory at Khalkhin Gol river," Putin said at the start of 会談 with Mongolian leader Tsakhia Elbegdorj.
"Historical memory, heroic events of the past, are by all means a good 創立／基礎 to build ロシアの-Mongolian relations."
The victory in the ロシアの-Japanese 衝突 at Khalkhin Gol in Manchuria, a 地域 占領するd by Japan at the time and now part of Mongolia, helped fend off a possible Japanese 侵略 of Russia with Nazi Germany in 1941.
World War Two 周年記念日 events were celebrated on a big 規模 across Russia this year as anti-Western 感情 grew over a プロの／賛成の-ロシアの 分離主義者 反乱 in eastern ウクライナ共和国.
Japan has joined the West in 公然と非難するing Russia's 活動／戦闘s in ウクライナ共和国 but the gov ernment of Shinzo Abe has trodden a 罰金 line by 課すing 許可／制裁s on a smaller 規模 than those sought by Washington. Tokyo hopes this will keep relations with Russia from going into a 深い 冷気／寒がらせる.
Moscow upset Tokyo by carrying out 軍の 演習s in the 論争d Kurile island chain last month.
The 論争 over the islands has 緊張するd relations between Japan and Russia since the end of World War Two, when Soviet 軍隊s 占領するd four islands at the southern end of the Kurile chain. The 列／漕ぐ／騒動 has 妨げるd the two countries 調印 a formal peace 条約. (令状ing by Alexei Anishchuk; editing by Ralph Boulton)
