FSB: the delimitation of the waters of Russia from the United States in the Bering Strait has not been completed

First Deputy Director — Head of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Vladimir Kulishov. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 27.The issues of delimiting the sea areas of Russia from the United States in the Bering Strait have not yet been resolved, said First Deputy Director — Head of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Vladimir Kulishov. the main directions of the Russian state border policy, Kulishov noted in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the occasion of the upcoming Border Guard Day. generally recognized principles and norms of international law,» the general emphasized. At present, the work on the international legal registration of the state border of Russia with five states — Ukraine, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the United States, has not been completed, about tmetil Kulishov.The FSB spoke about the attempts of Ukrainian militants to get into Russia «In particular, since 2014, in connection with the termination of border cooperation with the Russian Federation on the initiative of the Ukrainian side, the demarcation of the Russian-Ukrainian section has been suspended. The state border between Russia and Ukraine in the region of the Crimean peninsula has not been formalized. It is determined on the basis of federal legislation on the admission of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation,” he said. on the ground with other partners continues as planned. «The state border with Estonia, Georgia and Japan is not fixed by international treaties, which is mainly due to the preservation of the destructive position of the above-mentioned neighboring states in recognizing the passage of borders,» Kulisho said c.The FSB announced the strengthening of the Russian border with Ukraine «Thus, the Estonian authorities, in violation of the previously reached agreements on the passage of the state border, unilaterally introduced additional conditions when ratifying the Border Treaty, which created a false context and difficulties for interpreting its provisions. In this regard, the signature of the Russian Federation under the said Treaty was withdrawn in September 2005,» he explained. According to him, the delimitation of the state border with Georgia is 91% complete. «At the same time, since 2008, due to Georgia's position on the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, this work has been suspended,» Kulishov added. And the Japanese authorities are making official territorial claims against the Russian Federation on the southern Kuril Islands, the transfer of which under the jurisdiction of the USSR was recorded internationally -legal agreements following the results of the Second World War, the general recalled.