*Which other country's territorial disputes should I do a video on next?*

The fact that Russia has or formally had disputes with European countries like Finland and Ukraine, while also having disputes with Japan and South Korea, just shows how massive of a country it is.

As a Finn I would like to add something to the territorial dispute with Russia. The territory most focused on is Karelia. Finland officially stopped claiming the territory in the 1970s and the leadership at the time allowed the Soviet Union to control those territories (although the USSR doesn't exist anymore which might change things?). Those Finnish politicians who want Karelia returned are a minority and the return of Karelia is not in the nation's official policy. Under the Russian rule Karelia and the city of Vyborg have been severely neglected by the Russian government (officials and St. Petersburg get most of the funding in the area) and the regions infastructure is generally not up to Finnish standards. Upon the return of Karelia, it would be an unpleasant undertaking to build up the regions infastructure as it would be quite costly for the economy. There are also some 300 000 Russians in the region and it would take time and money to integrate them to Finnish society (Finland can't just go ahead and force them to be Finnish or kick them out, as that would harm the international reputation of the nation) Boris Yeltsin did indeed offer to sell the territory in 1991, but the Finnish politicians probably didn't want to buy land from a nation that was unstable at the time (the fall of the soviet union ruined the economy even further and civil unrest was high) I'd also like to note that this is from my point of view as a Finnish person. If there are any Russians in this comment section I'd gladly hear their opinion on the matter, as long as it doesn't turn into an endless sh*tshow of insults and personal attacks.

Gagauzia is NOT the same area or people as Transnistria! Completely different! They are a TURKIC-speaking people in the south of Moldova. While they are not supportive of Romanian unification, they are still governed by Moldova and remain part of it (no revolutions took place there.)

Latvian here. We had to agree on a border with our Eastern neighbour in order to join NATO. We gave up our claim on Abrene (Pitalovo), in order to be part of NATO. As we joke-there was no point in pressing claims towards a part of our land where there might be two Latvians living in it, who prefer not to use Latvian when communicating between themselves. This means, that our border is set.

As if Russia needs more territory.

Gagauzia & Trans-Istria are not the same territory!

China : Finally a worthy opponent

As a Japanese, it should be noted that although Japan has not made any territorial claims to Southern Karafuto, the Japanese government treats it as an undetermined territorial area.

Russia's dispute with Georgia did not start in 2008, but in 1991-92

Which countries do they not have territorial disputes with?

The answer is "yes"

There was a territorial conflict between USSR and China in 1969 over a border on Ussuri river.

Thanks for keeping in mind the Baltic states too. Hello from Estonia.

Latvian case was resolved in 2007. Estonian not ratified yet.

Major correction! Russo-Georgian conflict in Abkhazia and Samachablo (Not South Ossetia, that's a fictional name) didn't start in 2008, but in 1992. In fact, this was mainly caused by Stalin's decision in 1931 to declare Abkhazia as an independent Soviet republic and started exiling and replacing population of ethnic Christian Abkhazians with Muslim Circassians, and giving them the special "Abkhazian residency" documents that only they had in the entire USSR. As a Georgian himself, he knew perfectly how to destabilise his own countr,y and he hit us where the biggest tension was, and where it hurt us the most. He understood that Georgians were the least culturally tied with other Soviet nations (because of language, culture and ethnicity) and always went an extra mile to make sure we were "properly controlled". It was his biggest priority since Georgia staying under USSR meant him staying in power. If his own country was not under control, he'd risk his position as Secretary General. So this conflict was actually brewing for 60 years before it exploded in 1992 when Yeltsin and the "Neo-KGB" picked up Stalin's playbook again, which now is like a Bible to Putin...

I believe one more territorial dispute is between Canada and Russia over a portion of the North Pole. I believe Canada's extended shelf claim overlaps some of Russia's. 🤔

Clarification - Ukrainian territories are not disputed but occupied. International law precisely defines whose territory it is, as well as bilateral agreements between the Russian Federation and Ukraine that the Russian Federation has violated. Addition - Many disputed territories between China and Russia, in particular islands in riverbeds.

Neighboring countries: *exist* Russia: we don’t do that here

There is another conflict no mentioned between russia and south korea in noktundo island Its on the russian-north korean border but south korea claims the island. You can have a look at the dispute if you want to

Nice video. One small tip: the "KH" in Kherson, Kharkiv etc. is pronounced as a breathy H, with the K silent. Closest sound in English might be the "CH" in "loch" (as in the Scottish lakes like Loch Ness)

Abkhazia and Samachablo were, are and will be Georgia🇬🇪

Great video. Thanks! 😊

That intro was fire 🔥

Well its not how russian officials see that claims. Effectively russian government is controlled by 70+ persons and they believe that all territories that USSR had controlled after WW2 is a rightful claim. It seems that people will never process that USSR collapsed 30 years ago and this type of disputes over territory is about 100 years outdated...

"Territorial disputes" is one way of saying Russians trying to reap where you have not sown...

Great video.

Karjala takas! Perkele! 🇫🇮

There is a lot of effort going into not calling the war with Ukraine a “territorial dispute.” Due to the fact that it minimizes the significance of the conflict. It’s an unprovoked invasion of a neighboring sovereign nation.

At 6:09 Japan vs Russia Fun fact: Russian and Japan supposedly are still at war from WW2 because Japan refuses to secede those islands, and signing the peace treaty would effectively do that....

"dispute" is an understatement

0:09 as someone from badajoz i want Olivenza to be spanish! (But also Love Portugal alot 😊)

If you watch the news in Japan especially in Hokkaido, you will see that the 4 islands (Etorofu, Shikotan, Kunashiri, Habomai) are always a part of Japan whenever the map of Japan is showed in the news. I do believe returning the islands to Japan will inevitably be better for the inhabitants and development of the islands since Russia cares so little in the far east except for Vladivostok and the oil field in northern Sakhalin.

>it’s strange how they just ignored their own advice a decade later As a russian: unfortunately it’s not strange if you know how mad mr. Putin (and I won’t call him president even if he still legally is one) became during that decade. Also need to mention, that in 2010 Medvedev still was the President and it was more free and liberal period in Russian history comparing with the “decade later”

You have 3 errors in the video. 1. Russia did not claim and now does not claim the territories of Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. 2. Russia DID NOT INVADE Transnistria. Transnistria declared its independence in 1991, at the moment when ALL countries of the USSR declared their independence. The troops that are currently there have ALREADY been there since the days of the USSR. 3. On March 31, 1991, Georgia declared its independence. Already on December 22, 1991, an armed coup took place in Georgia and a civil war began. Under these conditions, Abkhazia declared its independence on July 23, 1992. On August 10, 1992, Georgia launched a military invasion of Abkhazia. At the same time, Abkhazia was supported by independent Ichkeria (Chechnya). One of the well-known military leaders of Abkhazia is Shamil Basayev, later a Chechen militant and terrorist. Until 1993, Russia supported Georgia in this conflict. Moreover, on September 19, 1993, it was Russian troops who helped the legitimately elected President of Georgia Shevardnadze escape from Sukhum, where he was surrounded by Abkhaz troops and could be killed.

do a video on the china sea and the history of their claims

in estonia it's not an everyday topic, but it's still something that has been talked about for all those 32 years in the context of a border treaty with russia. there's still no ratified one basically because of completely different understanding of history from both sides. russia recognised this territory as ours with tartu peace treaty in 1920 (when war of independence ended with estonian victory), that's the last document of reference and estonia also uses it. we don't officially even want that land back, we're just like "ok you said it was ours in the og document, but we're giving it up, can we just have a border treaty". russia however doesn't recognise it because they don't recognise the continuation of the estonian state (like the rest of the world does) since 1918 and soviet union as illegal occupation, for them estonia is as old as our regained independence only and everything before that "doesn't matter" and is even offensive to refer to so they removed their signature🙃 fun neighbour to have

Great Video. One thing I see that couldn't miss is the Kaliningrad/Konieggsberg region. The exclave was once german and was ocupied by Soviet Union after WW2 who give some land to Poland and Lithuania. I saw some mentions of the Germans asking for the returning of the region, but the russians refused, claiming they're now russian( they moved the germans who live there and reassented with soviet russians) and more due to his military bases and warm waters port on the baltic sea.

2:50 What's Urakine?

Pereiaslavl agreement has been concluded between Moscovia and Ukraine (part of Poland at that time) not in 1954, but in 1654, in the times of Bohdan Khmelnitsky and Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov and didn’t absolutely take Crimean question into account, because Crimea has been a satellite of the Ottoman Empire at that time.

Сейчас это мало кто помнит, но в Приднестровье первыми вошли именно украинские националисты. Защищать украинцев. Потом уже клич бросили, что румыны русских убивают и туда полезли казаки. А когда уже бойня пошла - пошла армия

Concerning the Kuril-Dispute: After WW2 it was agreed that Japan loses all territories aquired through war. Since the four islands in questions where colonized more or less in one fell swoop with the rest of Hokkaido (thus being administrated as one) , they should Dé Jure still remain with Japan. ( At least thats how Japan argues) "Japan will also be expelled from all other territories which she has taken by violence and greed." -1943 Cairo Declaration

Russia had a dispute with Azerbaijan over a village but it was resolved back in 2000s and Russia had a Qabala Radar Station and it was closed in 2012. In addition, in Karabakh there are Russian “peacekeepers” and their role has been diminishing almost every day and due to leave in 2025 November

Japan-Russia territorial dispute is quite a mess. 1) Russia gave up Kuril for entire control of Sakhalin 2) USSR joined war against Japan exactly for those islands, however, Japan sees that agreement as "invalid" because it didn't sign it up (lol) 3) Japan also renounced the ownership of Kuril islands, however, it didn't say who now owns them. This little "hole" allows them to have a legal right to Kurils and is also supported by very those who had agreed to give it away to USSR 4) Declaration of 1956 states that Japan can get two out of 4 islands back after the peace would be made. Japan did so because USA decided to meet Chinese officials without consulting with Japan, basically a way of saying "we can do our own foreign policy too, if you don't regard us as allies". The government who made that declaration was thrown out and a new one started asking for all 4 islands before the peace agreement again 5) After the relations had worsened, USSR renounced the territorial dispute. After the fall of USSR, however, in exchange for loans a new Russian state admitted the issue again. Both sides agreed to use declaration of 1956 as a basis of talks 6) Up to 200X, the talks had no result and the issue was buried. Japan also stopped calling Kurils "occupied territories" up until 2022 7) There were some agreements made between Japan and Russia regarding cooperation on the Islands (agriculture, visits without visas, some businesses). However, mostly it was just a topic to start talks when the main theme of those said talks would be entirely something else (energy resources mostly) 8) In 2022 the talks were put to an end again because Russia views Japan as an "unfriendly" state (because Japan follows whatever USA's policy, which currently is an enemy to Russia), however, a lot of cultural and energy cooperation is still present since Japan doesn't want to end up in Germany's situation, having too much reliance on Saudi's resources As a bonus, Japan wasn't really following the sanctions of 2014-2015. They've found A LOT of ways to bypass them and even started to strengthen the ties with Russia. Russia needs Japan to fight off Chinese influence within itself, Japan needs Russia for it's resources and to not let China to control it, since that would put any of their regional hegemony ideas to an end. Also, as an another bonus, whenever areas are "occupied" by Russian peacemakers currently, they aren't much different from Kosovo's situation. Most of the times those have exactly the same justification.The current international law was functioning only for a few years after it's establishment while everyone had their own internal problems to solve after WW2. Afterwards, we just started to have lots of armed conflicts instead of full-scale wars.

Good video. russia is a terible naiborhood. I beleive you forgot about Chechnya.

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Kharkiv oblast isn't disputed, is it?

Russia: are we neighbours? Neighbour countries: uuum, yes? Russia: Okay. Now your territory is occasionaly my historical territory.

We need to get him to a million he deserves it

They’re literally larger than Pluto, why do they want more land?! 😭

Once i was in Moldava speaking with a local, and he told me: "this is Russia" i said, but we are in Moldava, he seemed confused and said ah yeah, you are right.

Which countries does Argentina dispute territories with?

putler - this is new Hitler

They used to have some disputes with China too

Královecký Kraj is disputed between Czechia and Russia.

Now make USA territorial disputes.

Interesting that you also added Karelia to the list, as this would imply an active dispute, however this is not the case. Both Finland and Russia agree on the current borders and no active disputes exist. Besides that, most Finnish people, except for fringe right-wing groups, but those exist in every country, also do not want Karelia back, even if it would be offered to them, as it is a poor and underdeveloped area of Russia, with a majority Russian population; in many ways it is comparable to Kaliningrad / Königsberg, as in, it is a territory that would cost a lot to integrate, develop and bring up to the standard of Finland / Germany, while not being an economically strong area that would be able to justify those spendings over the long-term. Whenever there are talks about Karelia or Königsberg returning to Finland & Germany, it's not much more than a revanchist mind-game over the hypothetical redrawing of borders, whose permanence was agreed upon multiple decades ago, rather than having anything to do with reality and the actual facts on the ground. Otherwise, great video, I enjoyed it.

Nice vid but Russia doesn't claim South. Ossetia and Abkhazia (dispute regions of Georgia), and most disputes with China are already settled

…and everyone lived happily ever after.

If only the people in these could have a say about what country they really belong...

South Korea and Russia also have a border dispute.

You forgot its dispute with China during the Soviet era

So basically Russia has a dispute with all the neighbouring countries, plus some of the of-neighbouring countries, in 3 continents.

Knowing which countries is/were destabilized by ruzzian wagner and other unofficial military companies would be interesting.

Glad you included the Baltics. Russia has a brutal history of occupation in the region, but you forgot to include Lithuania. Areas like Prussia (Kalingrad) for example used be centers of Lithuanian literature and culture up until the end of world war 2. It was historically known as Lithuania minor due to the large Prussian Lithuanian population.

China disputes the treaties of the 1850s with Russia as China was coerced to sign then. Siberia was conquered by the Mongols. At the end of Mongol era, 'Tartars' governed Siberia and even Kazan. The Soviet Union had Tartar states. From the time of Peter the Great, Russia with superior weapons gradually conquered Tartar land west of the Urals, than east of the Urals. China needs resources including water, China wants Siberia and hopes to get it in a time of instability in Russia. In the 1990s China was not ready, but is largely ready now thanks to conflict with India, Taiwan and the South China Sea.

Aren't there also disputes with South Korea and China?

По большей части какая то дичь , потому что Грузия сама напала на осетию и Абхазию, япония по итогам 2 мировой отдала курилы, другое даже комментировать не буду *Я даже про корею и казахтан не знал)

There was one guy who also tried to unite the same language speaking group into one country. He also claimed to be a victim of unfair circumstances that the west brought upon them, as well as declare the whole world its enemy.

The soviet union and china used to have a dispute, and fought a war over this dispute in 1969. Has this dispute been resolved ?

I've never heard someone say "Kazakhstan" like that

In Europe, Russia wants to influence Eastern Europe the best it can, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are best examples for it, in 2008, Georgia was very close to joining NATO, that's when Russia invaded them, to keep Georgia from joining any Western organization.

Awsome video, straight facts as always. Yet, I bet there will still be angry people in the comments for stupid reasons.

I'm from Mars, Russia has territorial disputes against us and our friends from Venus.

In the 1950; s the USSR tried to take some parts of Turkey also, they have a long history of stealing land from other countries. Hopefully Turkey gets with it and starts sanctions on them also.

6,601,670 sq miles. How much bloody land do they need?

You didn't mention the conflict Russia had with China in 1969 over the border along the Amur and Argun rivers.

my man cant step foot in Russia no more after this video 😭

Hello there :)

I suppose you mean no harm. However, please, don't call aggressive invasion of Russia - "territorial dispute". Hundreds of thousands of people (some I knew personally) died because of this war. It's no dispute - it's a genocidal war to destroy entire country's identity, language, culture and most importantly - Ukraine's future

Russia doesn't claim Abkhazia, South Osetia and Transnistria as its territory

You missed the border between Muscovy and China.

Ok

Calling regions of Ukraine that got invaded and forcefully occupied by Russia 'disputed territory' is about as cynical as calling it a 'dispute' if a burglar claimed a part of your house after breaking into it. There´s no dispute, it´s Ukrainian territory on which Russia has no claim and despite Russia´s pariah state ally North Korea noone recognizes the affected territory as Russian.

not accurate preview: russia didn't claim Kharkiv oblast, they wanted to organise "referendum" but counter-offensive was faster

They have dispute with all their neighbors.

I think you forgot Outer machuria ! that is the largest one !

if you lose a war.....you lose land. Its that simple. Japan, Finland, Germany you guys lost

Fun Fact: At the past, Turkic peoples like Bulgars, Khazars, Pechenegs, Avars, Huns, Onogurs, Utigurs, Sabirs, Saragurs, Kutrigurs, Kipchaks, Cumans, Tatars, Ottomans etc. were fighting with each other for Ukraine. But now, Slavic peoples are fighting for it👀

Poland also partially wants Kaliningrad from Russia

Bro forgot outer Manchuria

Donetsk and Luhansk are majority Russian-speaking while Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are majority Ukrainian-speaking. But all four are majority ethnically Ukrainian.

Actually you forgot to mention the biggest territorial dispute russia has: Outer Manchuria with China. China has a perpectual open policy to retake it enshrined in their constitution if i'm not mistaken. Outer Manchuria is serious business for China to the point in chinese maps the names of the cities there still have the old chinese names.

great

"GIVE ME MORE"

river islands with china

Russia not trying to make Territorial disputes speedrun impossible challenge.

Hi!❤

Left out is the territory China claims in the region near Vladivostok, currently controlled by Russia.

Abkhazia and Shida Kartli (Samacablo) were, are and will be integral part of Georgia.