Ukraine's parliament recognizes Japan's claim to Russian-held Northern Territory

[rntn]

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221008_10/

[rwmj]

This is surprisingly a live issue in northern Japan where they solicit for signatures for petitions at festivals, aiming I suppose to get the Japanese government to pressure Russia to return the Kurils. I don't believe that it's ever going to happen except after the complete defeat of Russia in a world war.

[coffeeblack → rwmj]

I suspect it’s mostly about the Exclusive Economic Zones for fishing.

[timonoko]

Ukraine could also fire up the 1969 border dispute between Russia and China. Some island on Ussuri-river as remember it.

[frozencell → timonoko]

Sure and Russia could also fire up the U.S. appropriation of Hawaii.