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14 of July, 20:01

Senator from Crimea made a proposal to outline the Russian zone in the Black sea
Senator from Crimea Olga Cowicide agitates independently, without the participation of Ukraine to find out the boundaries of the Russian economic zone in the Black sea.

According to the Convention of the United Nations law of the sea (1982), which has been ratified by Russia and Ukraine, the width of the territorial sea is set at 12 nautical miles from shore, And the width of the exclusive economic zone up to 200 nautical miles. Each state has to develop resources in their economic region.

According to Cowicide, now border of the Russian economic zone in the Black sea is not clearly established." The problem is extremely urgent, the most considering that in the waters fishing are foreign vessels. This means that the unresolved borders and legal issues may be the cause of direct and indirect economic losses, " said Senator correspondents on Tuesday.

"considering the circumstances with Ukraine, now the definition of the boundaries may be one-sided. This is in order to comply with national, as well As among them the economic security of Russia, " she said.

you must also find out the legal procedure for applying economic zone, he added Cowicide. In her expressions, the proposal was supported at a meeting of the defense Department of the Federation Council in the Crimea.

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