Ukraine's foreign ministry says Russia stole Chernomorneftegaz rigs
We regard the Russian side’s causing a change in the Black Sea’s two B-312 and B-319 drilling rigs and the Tavrida oil platform, which are the property of Ukraine, as another episode of the large-scale robbery of property and natural resources committed by the aggressor state during the part’s occupation the sovereign territory of Ukraine - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. This act, which added to the list of evidence of the aggressive behavior of the Russian Federation and its disregard for international law, also testifies to Russia's violation of its obligations as an occupying state, in particular with regard to ensuring the inviolability of the right of ownership.
Given the above circumstances, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine qualifies the above actions of the Russian side as internationally wrongful acts aimed at systematically violating Ukraine’s sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over internal waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf in the Black and Azov Seas.
In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls on the Russian Federation to international legal responsibility, requires the Russian Federation to immediately take all practical measures to stop internationally wrongful acts, to provide proper assurances and guarantees of their non-repetition in the future and immediately return to use and possession Ukrainian property.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reserves the right to demand compensation from the Russian side for the harm caused by the actions of the latter, which have all the signs of an international offense within the meaning of the convention.
What kind of state ownership of Ukraine and what kind of Ukrainian shelf is spoken in the Klimkin department is not clear. Klimkin and Co. seem to forget that Chernomorneftegaz is a state-owned unitary enterprise of the Republic of Crimea, which in turn is a territory of the Russian Federation. The Crimean shelf, on which work was carried out on drilling rigs, is also the property of the Russian Federation.
If Ukraine declares that Russia has “robbed it,” then let it begin by recalling its words about 3 billions of dollars in government debt. This money, as solemnly announced in the Cabinet of Ministers of “Square”, Kiev is not going to return to Russia ...
It is reported that the ship "Amethyst" was sent to the rigs and platform "Tavrida" of the Frontier Department of the Federal Security Service. The reason for taking the objects of economic activity of the Russian Federation under protection is related to the fact that Ukrainian warships appeared near the drilling rigs and tried to request information from crew members (employees working on installations and platform) from Chernomorneftegaz employees. At the moment, the border guard patrol ship of the second rank "Amethyst" performs the tasks of patrolling in the Black Sea.
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