Russia is waging a war in the Caspian

During the 11-month war Russian troops across the Caspian Sea of Ukraine military and property infrastructures, including the capital Kyiv and hit major cities with cruise missiles. As a result, numerous human casualties occurred, vital communal infrastructure was destroyed, and the civilian population suffered severe deprivation.

The last such attack took place on the last day of last year – December 31. Russia army fired at its targets in Ukraine from missile-carrying cruisers. Earlier in the Black Sea military if the fleet was used for this purpose, Ukraine after the known strikes of his army Russia command of these activities in the Caspian Sea military assigned to the ships.

Before that, Russian strategic bombers over the Caspian Sea Ukraine carried out attacks on their cities. For example, on May 3, Tu-95 strategic bombers flew from the Caspian Sea to Lviv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kropivnitsky, Vinnytsia, Kyiv and launched high-precision missiles to Zakarpattia regions.
On June 26, Russia again from the Caspian Sea Kyiv launched six high-precision X-101 missiles in its direction.
Later, in August and September, he continued to launch rockets from the Caspian Sea. As a result of these attacks, the bioresources of the Caspian Sea are also severely affected. Environmentalists last December of the sea Azerbaijan they explain the finding of thousands of dead seals in the Caspian Sea with military waste. Thus, the toxic waste of cruise missiles fired over the sea both by air planes and military ships is poured into the waters, as a result the flora of the sea is destroyed.

Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 30 last year Azerbaijan, Iran, appealed to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, urging them to “make every effort to force Russia to comply with its international obligations, in particular, the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea.” The reaction of the countries of the region to this call is unknown, and Russia is using the Caspian Sea for military purposes against Ukraine. But this is contrary to the legal documents signed between the coastal countries.

Recall that 2018On August 12, the Convention “On the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea” was signed in the city of Aktau.

National The Assembly ratified the document, President Ilham Aliyev and approved it on February 12, 2019. Convention only Iran The Islamic Republic has not ratified the document national argued that it was against his interests.

Russia’s use of the Caspian Sea for aggressive purposes violates several articles of the Convention.

Article 3

The activities of the parties in the Caspian Sea will be carried out on the basis of the following principles:

1) respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence, sovereign equality of states, not to use coercion and not to threaten to use coercion, mutual respect, cooperation, not to interfere in each other’s internal affairs;

2) using the Caspian Sea for peaceful purposes, turning it into a zone of peace, good neighborliness, friendship and cooperation, solving all issues related to the Caspian Sea by peaceful means;

3) ensuring security and stability in the Caspian region;

4) Ensuring a stable armament balance of the Parties in the Caspian Sea, carrying out the military build-up within reasonable limits, taking into account the interests of all parties, and not harming each other’s security;

5) adherence to agreed confidence measures in the field of military activity in the spirit of predictability and transparency in accordance with general efforts to strengthen regional security and stability, including international agreements concluded between all Parties…

In Article 11, paragraph 6 of the Convention, the parties have the following legal obligations:

6. If one of the following activities is carried out during the passage, the passage through the territorial waters is considered to violate the peace, order and security of the coastal state:
7. a) sovereignty, territorial integrity of the coastal state or political the threat or use of force against its independence or any other act that violates the principles of international law reflected in the Charter of the United Nations;
8. b) conducting maneuvers or exercises with any type of weapon;
9. c) any action aimed at gathering information to harm the defense or security of the coastal state;
10. d) any propaganda action carried out in order to attack the defense and security of the coastal state;
11. e) taking off, landing or taking on board any aircraft or military equipment and its management;
12. f) launching, submerging or taking on board any military equipment and handling it.

Article 15 of the Convention includes the protection of the ecological system and biodiversity of the Caspian Sea;

1. The parties undertake to protect and preserve the ecological system of the Caspian Sea and all its components.
2. The parties, independently or jointly, take all necessary measures and cooperate in order to protect biological diversity, protect, restore, sustainable and efficient use of biological resources of the Caspian Sea, prevent, reduce and control pollution of the Caspian Sea from any source.
3. Activities that damage the biological diversity of the Caspian Sea are prohibited.
4. The parties are responsible for the damage caused to the ecological system of the Caspian Sea according to the norms of international law.

Thus, the Convention “On the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea” was unilaterally violated by Russia. Azerbaijan and other coastal countries (Iran except) they should raise this issue before Russia and international organizations. If Moscow continues to use the Caspian Sea for aggressive purposes against Ukraine, the document will expire, or the bans imposed on partner countries will be unilaterally lifted. cancellation may come up. For example, it was agreed in the Convention that no country should allow the military participation of foreign countries in the Caspian Sea, and should not use their military infrastructure. this is Azerbaijan limits the possibilities of effective protection of sea borders. Previously official Baku USA, Turkey and actively cooperated with Israel in this direction and was forced to minimize it after pressure from Russia. Currently, Moscow uses the sea for its military purposes without considering the position of the Caspian littoral countries To Azerbaijan green light is on…

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