And seventy years after World War II ended, Japan and Russia are still trying to sign a peace treaty.
https://www.levada.ru/2017/12/22/zapomnivshiesya-sobytiya-12/
http://www.rosbalt.ru/blogs/2017/12/22/1670622.html
https://www.levada.ru/2017/12/21/17311/
https://www.levada.ru/2017/12/21/ozhidaniya-v-2018-m-godu/
http://www.ng.ru/editorial/2017-12-21/2_7141_red.html
http://www.ng.ru/world/2017-12-20/1_7140_japan.html
In anticipation of a long-awaited final agreement on the international status of the Caspian Sea, Russia has started testing a new approach to its relations with the other four littoral states.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/russia-s-new-strategy-caspian-relations