title: Dispute settlement measures guaranteed by the Convention on the Law of the Sea in the practice of the proceedings of the Russian Federation
abstract: Russia has been involved in the largest number of maritime disputes, including the most problematic maritime issues (for example, the dispute with Japan concerning the territorial identity of the islands of the Kuril Archipelago), settled disputes with neighbouring countries (such as that with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan concerning the status of the Caspian Sea) or the most current Ukrainian-Russian disputes that have arisen as a consequence of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. It seems importa