The Commissioner of Kiev in the hearings in the Hague Elena zerkal demanded to allow Ukraine to produce gas in the Black sea. in foreign arbitration 10-14 June holds hearings during the proceedings initiated by Ukraine against Russia in 2016, due to the Convention of the United Nations law of the sea. The dispute concerns " rights of the riparian countries in the Black sea, the Azov sea and Kerch Strait ". Thus, According to the mirror, in the spring of 2014, Russia produced in the Black sea "more than nine billion cubic meters of natural gas" and denies Kiev's access to oil and gas in this area. in addition, the Ukrainian side rejected the objections of the Russian Federation about jurisdiction of the court, because the Kerch Strait is international and Ukrainian sovereignty in the Crimea can not be questioned. on the first day of the week, the Ambassador for special assignments of the Russian foreign Ministry Dmitry Lobach said at a hearing in the Hague that the international arbitrator has no right to consider the issues of the territorial jurisdiction of the land, and among them the Crimean Peninsula. Therefore, complaints of Kiev do not fall under the jurisdiction of the court are not covered and must be rejected. in the Russian International Ministry also believes that Ukraine has addressed in arbitration to settle a dispute about the interpretation or use of the agreement on the law of the sea, and in the hope of achieving a "legal" recognition of their " sovereignty over Crimea ". <span style="color:darkgray