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Russia allowed the representatives of Germany and France to send their representatives to the Kerch Strait only once.
The agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the admission of German and French specialists in the Azov region has been misunderstood, Tass wrote in reference to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gregory Karasin.
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The representative of the Russian Federation said that "we can not say" of sending a mission of international observers in the Strait of Kerch respect the international rules of navigation
"By way of goodwill, we offered a punctual trip of experts that they then reported to their leaders, unfortunately this was perceived as an invitation to a wider dance, we do not like this approach, "he said
Russia understands that the presence of European observers in the region will oblige it to respect all international obligations and to conduct a less aggressive policy towards ships bound for Ukrainian ports. This is why the Kremlin opposes the presence of a surveillance mission near the Kerch Strait.
We categorically oppose the adoption of a multilateral surveillance format, but also to Ukraine. That is, inflating the format into a long-term, large-scale mission,
said Karasin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to send French and German observers to the Kerch Strait on 18 January.
At the same time, Sergei Lavrov, after a meeting in Moscow with German Foreign Minister Gayko Maas, added that the German proposal provided for the coordination of the arrival of Western scholars from Ukraine. Aina, but Moscow does not agree with that.
How does the presence of international observers on Azov affect the FR? On the eve of the visit to Mariupol, Czech Foreign Minister Tomasz Petršicek and Denmark traveled to Andrzej Samuelsen with Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Klimkin. During this visit of European diplomats, Russia began to blow up more ships in the Kerch Strait. According to Klimkin, the Russian Federation fears international pressure and will send more ships to Ukrainian ports through the Strait if international observers are present in the region.
Why did climbing in the Kerch Strait take place? [25janvier1945] tug of the Ukrainian army. It is notorious that two small armored Ukrainian armored artillery boats and bombing tugs passed regularly and in accordance with international standards from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol.
However, Russia stated that Ukrainian warships illegally entered the temporarily closed waters of the Russian Sea and continued their movement towards the Kerch Strait.
A group of Ukrainian ships continued their journey to Mariupol. However, during the exit of the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships, injuring six Ukrainian soldiers. Russia also seized 2 Ukrainian ships and 24 Ukrainian sailors, who were then arrested in occupied Crimea and taken to SIZO Moscow.
Ukraine then introduced a military state in the 10 regions until December 26th. In addition, on November 30, Ukraine banned the entry of Russian citizens between the ages of 16 and 60 into its territory.
Russia is no longer the first month in the Sea of Azov to block foreign ships going to Ukrainian ports. As a result, the Ukrainian economy suffers considerable losses.
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