Russian-occupied territories

Russian-occupied territories (Russian: Оккупированные Россией территории) refers to Russia's military occupations with a number of other post-Soviet states since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

[19][20][21] After the Russo-Georgian War, President Medvedev signed decrees on 26 August 2008 recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as sovereign states.

Many international journalists and media companies, such as Al Jazeera, BBC and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, as well as non-governmental organizations, have referred to Abkhazia and South Ossetia as Russian-occupied territories.

[22][23][24][25] The Georgian parliament unanimously passed a resolution on 28 August 2008 formally declaring Abkhazia and South Ossetia as Russian-occupied territories and Russian troops as occupying forces.

[29] In April 2010, the Georgian parliament's foreign affairs committee asked the legislative bodies of 31 countries to declare Abkhazia and South Ossetia as territories under Russian occupation and to recognize the massive displacement of civilians from those regions by Russia as amounting to ethnic cleansing.

[32] It noted in a 2022 report, acknowledged with the same resolution, the Russian enforcement of the de facto border which violates "freedom of movement" principles.

Territories occupied by Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union
Map showing Russia in dark red with Russian-occupied territories in Europe in light red, as follows:
Transnistrian forces during the Battle of Bender in June 1992
Map showing Russian political and military influence or interference in Post-Soviet conflicts prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Tank-like vehicle with soldiers aboard
Russian BMP-2 from the 58th Army in South Ossetia
Russian president Vladimir Putin signing the treaty of the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation with Crimean leaders.
Regions of Ukraine annexed by Russia in 2014 and 2022, with a red line marking the area of actual control by Russia on 30 September 2022.