Russian Federation Left Arbitration Process On Incident With Detention Of Ukrainian Ships

Russia left the UN Convention on the Law of the 1982 Convention on the detention of three Ukrainian warships in the Black Sea in November 2018 in connection with violations in the proceedings and illegitimacy of the arbitration tribunal.

on August 21, the Russian Federation came out of the UN Convention on the Office of 1982 to detain in The Black Sea in November 2018 of three Ukrainian warships, ”the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The department explained that the reason for the release of was“ gross procedural violations ”during the proceedings and the“ illegitimate composition of the arbitration tribunal ”.

Russia is forced to leave the process. Forces and will not be recognized by the Russian Federation, ”they said in the diplomatic depot.

the Russian Foreign Ministry reminded that the improper and independence of international judicial and arbitration bodies is the most important condition for the implementation of the fundamental principle of peaceful resolution of disputes between states.

November 25, 2018 in the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia. They reported that Ukrainian ships crossed the Russian border and entered the territorial waters of the Russian Federation. “Three ships of the Ukrainian naval forces illegally entered the temporarily closed water area of ​​the territorial sea of ​​the Russian Federation,” the statement said. “Ships are dangerously maneuvering, ignoring warnings,” added to the FSB.

The FSB called the actions of Ukrainian ships a “provocation”. “It is clear that the goal of Ukrainian courts is to create a conflict situation in the region,” the department emphasized.

in Kyiv, in turn stated that the border ships of the Russian Federation carried out “aggressive actions” against three ships of the Ukrainian Navy during their transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol of the Sea of ​​Azov. The Ukrainian military noted that about the planned transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol, the Navy ships were reported in advance.

the UN International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, on May 25, 2019, decided that Russia should release Ukrainian vessels and transfer Ukrainian vessels to Ukraine.

in April of this year, the Lyfortovo court of Moscow extended until the end of July the arrest of the arrest of the arrest All Ukrainian sailors.