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That's actually part of their admitted negotiating strategy of 


Demand something they have absolutely no right to.


Don't move on that position at all. 


Wait for the West to offer them something.
What value does a treaty with Russia have? >

The Ukraine invasion is a massive violation of the Budapest Memorandum, so zero. >

The Budapest Memorandum isn't/wasn't a treaty, it was basically a 'gentleman's agreement' which Ukraine agreed to because NATO and CIS were doing the national equivalent of wandering around Ukraine going "wow, gosh, this place sure is inflammable.  You better hand those nukes over to us or this whole regime might just go up in flames."  They received no real guarantees or assurances in exchange except the signatories 'super double pinky swearing' to not invade them.
Russia has violated a lot of treaties, though.  The Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty, Open Skies treaty, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and IIRC they've recently begun to renege on their commitments to the new START treaty (although I could be wrong on that one.) >

Also Russia had the codes these nukes were not usable for Ukraine. >

This is true but college kids have been assembling plans for workable nuclear and atomic bombs since the 80s, using publicly available documents. 
The thing holding most countries back from building a bomb is the fissile material. 
Ukraine scientists didn't even need  to research existing documentation.  The weapons they had could be reverse engineered and of course had all the fissile material they needed. >

If you didn't invade Ukraine for no reason maybe they wouldn't have sanctioned you... >

Not only that but Russia has occupied Japanese islands within eye sight of Hokkaido since WWII and instead or keeping tensions down, Russia has continued to relocate Russians and Ukrainians to the island. >

Yeah but after the forced deportations/imprisonments or killing of the ~~original~~  japanese population by the soviets, the Kuril Islands have now ~~close to~~ zero Japanese population.
OTOH maybe they should all agree to give the islands to a newly formed Ainu state. >

Its true between Russian and Japanese colonialization the Ainu indigenous people got it rough. Most see Canada and US begin to talk about their inhumane history with their indigenous people, but most fail to realize this is a problem nearly everywhere, from Asia (Taiwan, Indonesia, many more) to Africa (dominant tribes and ethnicities are happy to see minor tribes wiped out) to Latin America. Anglo colonialists are among the first to reflect on reconciliation but eventually much of the rest of the world needs to start that process too. Not that "starting conversations" is enough, reconciliation is a long process. >

Sauce on anglo colonies being amongst the first? I have seen this conversation happen all around the world in the postcolonial era. And I've read moral takes on this that are centuries old. >

Yes, it also mentions the US having Indigenous rights issues. How does that suggest that anglo countries are amongst the first to reflect on reconciliation? >

I am not going to lie I was being VERY generous adding US to that list. Australia is only just getting started too. South Africa had to begin early too (good) although issues linger. The only one really quite ahead I would argue is New Zealand. 
I see Americans say, "Canada, all those unmarked church graves", as Canada has begun working with communities to find clarity/investigate the past. But they don't realize there are likely countless more unmarked graves in their own baptist schools etc. and they just haven't started yet. 
Canada still has major issues with drinking water and access to services, and indigenous women go missing far too often and the police do little to help. Huge issues. Quite frankly, "starting the reconciliation process" is just that, the start. 
But my original comment was that indigenous people are being denied rights, abused, or even wiped out globally still to this day and most don't even realize indigenous people are almost everywhere. >

Ohh, yeah, sorry, I was born under the US' thumb, so I'm a tad oversensitive about it. >

So Russia can go get fucked? >

dont worry currently getting fucked actually. >

Ooh, after 80-odd years Russia was finally just about ready to negotiate over those Northern Territory islands. Japan must be just kicking themselves.
Unless Russia is lying and were just using the Northern Territories to keep Japan sweet like literally every other time, of course. But what are the odds of that? 99.9%? 99.99%? No matter what you say that's still technically less than 100% and that's all that matters. >

The way Russia negotiates, it would just be them showing up and demanding immediate recognition of Hokkaido as an integral part of the Russian nation.