The Russian Federation has the fourth-largest
exclusive economic zone of 7,566,673 km2 (2,921,509 sq mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from its shores.[1]
Geography
The EEZ borders with Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland to the west, the United States to the east, Japan, North Korea and South Korea to the south east and Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Turkey and Ukraine to the south.
There is a longstanding dispute with Japan over the southern part of the
Kuril islands. The dispute dates back to the
Soviet Union and the
Yalta Agreement (February 1945). The United States maintains that until a peace treaty between Japan and Russia is concluded, the disputed
Northern Territories remain under Russian control via
General Order No. 1.[3]
Resolved
Norway
In 2010, the Norway and Russia dispute of both territorial sea and EEZ with regard to the
Svalbard archipelago as it affects Russia's EEZ due to its
unique treaty status was resolved. A treaty was agreed in principle in April 2010 between the two states and subsequently officially ratified, resolving this demarcation dispute.[4] The agreement was signed in Murmansk on 15 September 2010.[5]
^Bruce A. Elleman, Michael R. Nichols and Matthew J. Ouimet, A Historical Reevaluation of America's Role in the Kuril Islands Dispute, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Winter, 1998–1999), pp. 489–504