関係悪化の原因は日本に　近く退任のロシア大使

　近く退任するロシアのガルージン駐日大使は１１日、東京都内の日本外国特派員協会で記者会見し、２月に始まったロシアのウクライナ侵攻後に日本側が取った「非友好的な行動」が両国関係を悪化させたと主張した。改善に向けた取り組みは「関係を破壊した方が行うべきだ」とも述べた。
　ガルージン氏は「（着任した）２０１８年から２０年ぐらいまではプーチン大統領と（死去した）安倍晋三元首相の定期的な対話による信頼のおかげで、両国関係は多くの分野で大きく発展した」と回顧。その上で「２月にウクライナでわれわれの『特別軍事作戦』が始まって以降、残念ながら日本側の非友好的な行動が両国関係を大きく悪化させた」と批判し、「両国関係の将来は不確実だ」と語った。侵攻を受け、日本は欧米と協調してロシアに制裁を科している。（2022/11/11-19:36）

Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin, who will soon step down from his post, said Friday that Japan is responsible for the deterioration of ties between the two nations.
   "Unfriendly actions by the Japanese side (taken) after we had to start our special military operation in Ukraine back in February this year ... worsened our relations greatly," Galuzin told a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. Russia calls its invasion of the neighboring European country a special military operation.
   Bilateral ties had blossomed across a wide range of areas thanks to "the trust-based regular dialogue" between Russian President Vladimir Putin and then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe between 2018 and 2020. But now that Japan has slapped sanctions on Russia along with Europe and the United States, "the future of our relations is uncertain," he noted.
   Prior to the news conference, over 40 foreign ambassadors to Japan, including Sergiy Korsunsky of Ukraine and Rahm Emanuel of the United States, said in a joint statement that "deception and disinformation are not accepted at the FCCJ."
   The ambassadors criticized Russia for killing Ukrainian citizens and unilaterally annexing four eastern and southern Ukraine regions, despite Galuzin telling an FCCJ press conference in February that his country had no intention to occupy the neighbor.