[HIGHLIGHTS] Ambassador Muto to Russia first press conference after taking office “Sanctions should be maintained, but exchange programs should be expanded”

Ambassador Muto to Russia first press conference after taking office “Sanctions should be maintained, but exchange programs should be expanded”. Akira Muto, who was appointed as the new Russian ambassador in December last year, held a press conference for the first time since taking office.

He announced his policy to expand cultural exchange projects. Among the cultural exchange. projects that were suspended in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, acceptance of. government-sponsored international students and young researchers has already resumed.