MFA: Court in The Hague sided with Russia in the case of Crimea and coastal waters

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague has made a final decision in favor of Russia in arbitration proceedings with Ukraine in the case of the rights to the coastal waters of the Black Sea near Crimea, the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov.

Thus, International arbitration did not support Kiev's key claims, which included the dismantling of the Crimean Bridge. The corresponding comment was published by the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague announced the final decision on the 10-year arbitration between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the rights of the coastal state in the Kerch Strait, the Sea of Azov and the waters of the Black Sea around Crimea," the statement said.

It is noted that the dispute was considered by international arbitration in accordance with the procedure established by Annex VII to The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

"The arbitration consisting of five independent arbitrators from Algeria, Great Britain, Mexico, Russia and the Republic of Korea made a unanimous decision. The case, which has a major geopolitical, international legal and historical dimension, ended with a convincing victory for the Russian Federation," the Foreign Ministry stated.

Thus, numerous demands of Ukraine, which accused Russia of violating dozens of articles of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, were rejected.

The diplomatic department informed that the arbitration refused Ukraine to return control over hydrocarbon, fish and other resources in the waters of the Crimea and The Azov Sea region, as well as any "compensations" and "reparations" from Russia for their use and allegedly caused "damage".

As EADaily reported, earlier the Supreme Court of Switzerland rejected Gazprom's complaint against the decision to pay $ 1.37 billion to Naftogaz due to gas transit through Ukraine.