The government excluded the Crimean ports of Sevastopol, Evpatoria, Yalta, Feodosia and Kerch from the list of offshore havens that are open for entry of foreign vessels, it is reported in the Cabinet.

Crimea became a Russian region after the March referendum in 2014, where the overwhelming number of voters voted for secession from Ukraine and reunification with Russia. Along with this, the Ukrainian authorities do not agree with this decision, and still consider Crimea region. The Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine in July last year stated that closes to international shipping ports of Evpatoria, Kerch, Sevastopol, Feodosia, Yalta.

"correct in the Annex to the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 26 June 2013? 466 "on approval of the list of sea ports of Ukraine, opened for entry of foreign vessels, excluding the positions of Sevastopol, Yevpatoriya, Yalta, Feodosiya, Kerch," - said in the decree of the Cabinet.

before the Crimean authorities stressed that the closure of sea ports of Ukraine Peninsula for international shipping is only a political decision and does not carry significant economic risks. The head of the Russian Association of international law Anatoly Kapustin said Fins news that Kiev's decision on the closure of shipping unlikely to stop the operation of the ports of the Crimea, because " the use of Maritime ports are regulated by the government, which controls the coastal territory

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