The state Duma ratified the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea, signed in Aktau, 12 August 2018. the draft law for consideration of the deputies was made by Vladimir Putin. the explanatory Memorandum States that the Convention establishes the regime of navigation and " the collective application of the Caspian sea ". in addition, the introduced mechanisms for establishing the boundaries of the territorial waters and fishery zones, delineation of the seabed and subsoil of the Caspian sea into sectors, terms of laying submarine cables and pipelines. One of the main principles of the Convention - lack in the Caspian sea military power, not belonging to the present document. It is emphasized that the ratification of the document will make the relations between partners in the region more stable and predictable. The rules of enhanced cooperation in the area of security, transport and navigation, fisheries, exploration and production of hydrocarbons will become more favorable. In this case, noted in the text, the legal regimes that operate in the internal and territorial waters, and areas other than the legal regimes operating in the Maritime space of the Russian Federation in the internal Maritime waters, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf. The speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has specified that ratification would give the opportunity to make wider the interaction between the Caspian countries." The Caspian sea has important geopolitical, economic and strategic value, unique ecological system. Its exceptional location, it unites the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan ", - said Volodin correspondents. according to his statement, " the signing and ratification of the Convention is the result of hard work, which lasted More than twenty years."" The riparian countries of the Caspian sea showed consistency in own decisions, the desire for equal dialogue and the equitable use of resources in the region ", - noted Volodin. <span style="color:darkgray