Editing Foreign relations of Russia (section)

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[[File:Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine.svg|thumb|250px|As of January 2023, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] cited recognition of Russia's sovereignty over the [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|annexed territories]] (pictured) as a condition for [[2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations|peace talks]] with Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Putin Signals Readiness for Peace Talks if Kyiv Cedes Occupied Regions |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/01/05/trial-of-belarusian-nobel-prize-winner-ales-bialiatski-opens-in-minsk-a79876 |work=Al Jazeera |date=5 January 2023}}</ref>]]
* The [[Kuril Islands dispute]] concerns the islands of [[Iturup]], [[Kunashir]], and [[Shikotan]] and the [[Khabomai]] group, all of which had belonged to the [[Japanese Empire]] from 1855 until the [[Soviet–Japanese War]] when the Soviet Union occupied them and the southern part of the Sakhalin island since Japan has lost the war. The [[Russian SFSR]], then part of the [[USSR]], got them at the end of the Second World War during the 1945 [[Yalta Conference]], when the Allies agreed to the cession of the islands to the USSR. However, this stipulation was not included in the treaty of [[Capitulation of Japan]] which later gave Japan a chance to demand the return of the "controversial northern territories". However, the disputed territory is currently administered by the Russian Federation, and the majority of inhabitants of the disputed territory are supportive of Russian administration, because all the Japanese inhabitants were expelled from the islands in 1946.
* [[Territorial issues between Estonia and Russia]] regarding some territories of [[Pskov Oblast|Pskov]] and [[Leningrad Oblast]] of Russia are still unresolved. The 2005 treaty on [[Estonia–Russia border]] was not ratified by the Russian side. Negotiations were reopened in 2012 and the Treaty was signed in February 2014, but ratification is still pending.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.postimees.ee/1250918/estonia-russia-to-exchange-128-6-hectares-of-land-under-border-treaty|title=Estonia, Russia to exchange 128.6 hectares of land under border treaty|date=28 May 2013|website=Estonian news - news.postimees.ee}}</ref> In March 2022, President Putin sent the Estonian-Russia Border Agreement to the Russian-State Duma to be ratified, but nothing has come of it as of July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Estonian-Russian border agreement sent to Russian Duma for ratification |url=https://www.baltictimes.com/estonian-russian_border_agreement_sent_to_russian_duma_for_ratification/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=www.baltictimes.com}}</ref>
* Disputes over the boundary with Georgia relating to Russia's recognition of Georgian regions, [[South Ossetia]] and [[Abkhazia]] as independent states, due to the 2008 South Ossetia war and which has led to the severance of all diplomatic relations between them.
* Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation refused to recognize Ukrainian sovereignty over Sevastopol as well as over the surrounding Crimean Oblast, using the argument that the city was never practically integrated into the [[Ukrainian SSR]] because of its military status. This claim was relinquished in the bilateral Peace and Friendship Treaty, which confirmed that both the Crimea and Sevastopol belong to Ukraine. A separate treaty established the terms of a long-term lease of land and resources in and around Sevastopol by Russia. In the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]] of early 2014 [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Crimea was annexed]] by Russia.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last=Gutterman |first=Steve |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 |title=Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions |publisher=Reuters.com |access-date=26 March 2014 |date=18 March 2014 |archive-date=18 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318020359/https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ukraine crisis timeline BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275|title=Ukraine crisis: Timeline|work=BBC News | date=13 November 2014}}</ref> Since then status of the [[Crimea]] and of the city of [[Sevastopol]] is currently [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|under dispute between Russia and Ukraine]]; Ukraine and the majority of the [[UN]] members consider Crimea to be an [[autonomous republic]] of Ukraine and Sevastopol to be one of Ukraine's [[cities with special status]], while Russia and other UN members, on the other hand, consider Crimea to be a [[federal subject of Russia]] and Sevastopol to be one of Russia's [[federal cities of Russia|federal cities]].<ref name="Reuters" /><ref name="Ukraine crisis timeline BBC" /> On 31 March 2014 the [[State Duma]] approved the denunciation of the above-mentioned Peace and Friendship Treaty and long-term lease of land in Sevastopol.<ref>[http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/725964 State Duma approves denunciation of Russian-Ukrainian agreements on Black Sea Fleet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017094622/http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/725964 |date=17 October 2014}}, [[ITAR-TASS]] (31 March 2014)</ref> Russia officially does not recognize "Crimea question" as a ground for any territorial disputes.
* Donetsk oblast of Ukraine, currently occupied and [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|claimed by Russia]].
* Luhansk oblast of Ukraine, currently occupied and [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|claimed by Russia]].
* Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, partially occupied and [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|claimed by Russia]].