TOKYO – Russia’s military chief warned on Dec. 11 that military exercises by Japan, the United States and South Korea aimed at countering North Korea only raise hysteria and create more instability in the region.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and Russian Chief of the General Staff and the First deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov (C) speak ahead of a press conference on Oct. 10, 2016 in Istanbul.