Russia Moves to Scrap Black Sea Fleet Agreements with Ukraine

[dipsydoodle]

Source: RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has begun preparations for terminating bilateral agreements with Ukraine related to the status and operation of the Black Sea Fleet, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday.

The decision was made at a meeting of the country's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin.

According to spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the measures to be scrapped include a 1997 agreement on the conditions of the fleet's stay in Crimea, which was extended by 25 years in a 2010 deal by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

In exchange, Ukraine received a discount of $100 on each 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas imported from Russia, which was provided for by cutting export duties on the gas, money that would have gone into the Russian state budget.

A bill to void the agreements was submitted to the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, on Friday afternoon.

Read more: http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140328/188845956/Russia-Moves-to-Scrap-Black-Sea-Fleet-Agreements-with-Ukraine.html

[cosmicone]

1. Well done CIA, fascists and neonazis

Now the poor Ukrainian people will have no navy and will be caught in a nutcracker of Western austerity measures and increased cost of Russia supplied energy.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Ummm.....

....what?

Besides your continued peddling of the whole CIA/fascist/neonazi/whoever narrative, exactly why is Russia's unilateral actions not the center of fault in your universe?

[LiberalEsto]

3. Check the post count nt

[ballyhoo]

4. Yep. Nuland's Nincompoops did a great job. Putin should name a

Soviet Satellite after her. Maybe Lunankict.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

6. The Russians stole most of the Ukrainian Navy,

which was operating for the most part from Crimea.
So yeah, terminating some bilateral agreements is just a formality after that.
War is theft on a grand scale.
I believe they're still blockading the Sea of Azov, which, just to be clear, is a continuing act of war against the Ukrainian mainland. That never seems to get mentioned either.

[dipsydoodle]

8. Article was later expanded and refers to Russia's fleet : not Ukraine's fleet.

The gas $100 discount which was previously applicable doesn't seem to to have had prior mention - nothing to do with the Gazprom reduced price scheme which will end next week due to Ukraine failing to meet the terms such as clearing arrears.