On the Legal status of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait
The article is devoted to defining the legal status of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and the analysis of the Agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait (Kerch Treaty).
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Database of Vessels en Route from Mariupol to Berdyansk Detained by the RF Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB in the Azov Sea/iyn18/all%20unian%20210618.jpg)
New Economic Sanctions Against the RF in Connection With Its Illegal Activity in the Occupied Crimea
«The Gray Zone». The Occupied Crimea: Sanctions Violations in 2017. The Monitoring Results
"The Gray Zone". Crimea: Four Years of Occupation
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Database of the Russian Airlines that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in May 2018
Russia's Economic War Against Ukraine in the Sea of Azov as of February 1, 2020. The Technology of Blocking the Mariupol and Berdiansk Ports
The total number of cases of the obstruction of the freedom of navigation to / from the Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea by the RF from May 17, 2018 to December 31, 2019 = 2249. On average, for the period from 17.05.18 to 31.12.19, each vessel lost extra 4 days per voyage because of the artificial delays, which cost approximately $40,000 per vessel.
Wild tulips under Russian bombs. The destruction of the Opuk nature reserve
From the first days of the occupation of Crimea, the Russian Federation has been systematically pursuing its main goal – total militarization of the peninsula. There is no doubt that it is the value of Ukrainian peninsula from the geopolitical and strategic points of view that have been the main "engine" of attempts to subjugate Crimea to the political goals of the Russian Federation since the collapse of the USSR.
Blocking the Ukrainian Azov Sea Ports: a Significant Increase Under the Storm Guise
Below is the monitoring team’s update on the summer-early fall 2019 developments of the already infamous process of obstructing the freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait for seagoing ships to/from Mariupol and Berdyansk, the Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov.
