In contrast with the internationally widespread stereotype of Russia as a revisionist power in the Arctic, Moscow’s future actions in the region are more likely to be fairly pragmatic in nature.
https://wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/into-the-arctic/is-russia-going-hard-or-soft-in-the-arctic/
https://7days.us/desant-na-hokkajdo-kak-72-goda-nazad-sssr-otkazalsa-ot-okkupacii-aponii
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3389679
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28682059.html
https://www.inopressa.ru/pwa/article/16Aug2017/nytimes/america.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/russia-america.html?_r=2
http://www.bbc.com/russian/features-40809983
The world is not short of hotspots:
https://jamestown.org/program/inter-ethnic-land-conflicts-threaten-borders-in-north-caucasus/
http://inosmi.ru/politic/20170724/239885670.html