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CCTV.com (Xinwen Lianbo): Russia criticizes Japan's “remilitarization” as a threat to regional security Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on October 21 that the Japan–U.S. “Keen Sword 27” joint military exercise had gone beyond the principle of an “exclusively defense-oriented policy” and was part of Japan's accelerating “remilitarization.” She said it posed security risks to Russia's Far Eastern border regions and would also threaten stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region, and