The Russian Cabinet has approved the Rules Under which holders of Ukrainian licenses are able to be deprived of the right to subsoil use in the Black and Azov seas, if that use poses a risk to the defense and security of Russia.
"The decision is aimed at ensuring the defense and security of the country in the Black and Azov seas ", - it is specified in the message published Tuesday on the Internet representation of the government of the Russian Federation. The story is about the licenses that were issued by Ukraine to the reunification of the Crimea with Russia.
"The rules determine the order of sending users of subsoil at the location defined by authorized body of the application with relevant documents granting the right to subsurface areas, as well as the procedure for the preparation of the defense Ministry and the FSB's conclusions about the occurrence or the absence of danger to the country's defence and security of the country in the exercise of these subsoil areas ", - is informed in the report of the press service of the government." in the case of receipt by the Agency of the conclusions of the Ministry of defense of Russia and (or) The FSB about the danger the country's defence and national security Committee prepare a draft decision of the government of the Russian Federation about refusal to grant the applicant the right to use subsoil in the prescribed manner and send the draft of this decision in the Ministry of natural resources for subsequent inclusion in the government ", - stated in the accompanying paper to the approved rules of subsoil use. Recall, the Ministry of environment in March 2014 stated that the subsoil on the continental shelf of the Crimea as a subject of the Russian Federation have the opportunity to receive the status of Federal, implying limits on the development of foreign companies. The Parliament of Crimea, whose residents in a referendum on March 16 voted for the accession of the Republic into the Russian Federation, adopted on the day after the conclusion of the transition located within the Republic of Ukraine's state property, including the subsurface, the property of the Crimea. In addition, the Crimean authorities invited the Russian organization to produce oil and gas. On the Black sea shelf works Company Chernomorneftegaz, were until recently in the Ukrainian state holding Naftogaz. The Parliament of Crimea, whose residents in a referendum on March 16 voted for the accession of the Republic into the Russian Federation, adopted on the day after the conclusion of the transition located within the Republic of Ukraine's state property, including the subsurface, the property of the Crimea. In addition, the Crimean authorities invited the Russian organization to produce oil and gas. On the Black sea shelf works Company Chernomorneftegaz, were until recently in the Ukrainian state holding Naftogaz.

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