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RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Updated 27 April 2007

Legislation

Decree of the Presidium of 6 February 1968 on the Continental Shelf
Resolution No. 564 of 18 July 1969 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR concerning Procedure for Carrying out Work on the Continental Shelf and the Protection of its Natural Resources
Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 13 August 1969 concerning the Application of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR concerning the Continental Shelf of the USSR
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the Economic Zone of the USSR
4450. Declaration
4604. Declaration
Act on the State border of the Russian Federation, 1 April 1993 (Note: This text contains amendments up to 1999, it does not include  amendments adopted in 2000, 2002 and 2003)
Federal Law on the Continental Shelf of the Russian Federation, 25 October 1995
Federal Act on the internal maritime waters, territorial sea and contiguous zone of the Russian Federation, 17 July 1998
Federal Act on the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, 2 December 1998
Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1102 of October 2, 1999 on the Rules for navigation and visits of foreign warships and other state vessels used for non-commercial Purposes in the territorial sea, in the internal waters, at naval fleet bases, naval stations and sea ports of the Russian Federation

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Agreement between the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and  on the Delimitation of the Soviet-Korean National Border, 17 April 1985
Agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the Delimitation of the Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf,
22 January 1986
Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea concerning the Regime of the Soviet-Korean State Frontier, 3 September 1990

with Finland

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the boundaries of sea areas and of the continental shelf in the Gulf of Finland, 20 May 1965 (entry into force: 25 May 1966; registration #: 8238; registration date: 6 July 1966; link to UNTS)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the boundary of the continental shelf between Finland and the Soviet Union in the north-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, 5 May 1967 (entry into force: 15 March 1968; registration #: 9157; registration date: 18 July 1968; link to UNTS)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding the delimitation of the areas of Finnish and Soviet jurisdiction in the field of fishing in the Gulf of Finland and the North-eastern Part of the Baltic Sea, 25 February 1980 (entry into force: 9 July 1980; registration #: 19806; registration date: 2 June 1981; link to UNTS)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding the delimitation of the economic zone, the fishing zone and the continental shelf in the gulf of Finland and in the North-Eastern part of the Baltic Sea, 5 February 1985 (entry into force: 24 November 1986; registration #: 24645; registration date: 13 March 1987; link to UNTS)

with Lithuania

Treaty between the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf in the Baltic Sea, 24 October 1997

with Norway

Agreement between the Royal Norwegian Government and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the sea frontier between Norway and the USSR in the Varangerfjord, 15 February 1957 (entry into force: 24 April 1957; registration #: 4523; registration date: 26 October 1958; link to UNTS)
Descriptive Protocol relating to the sea frontier between Norway and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Varangerfjord, demarcated in 1957, 29 November 1957 (entry into force: 17 March 1958; registration #: 4523; registration date: 26 September 1958; link to UNTS)
Joint Protocol on Working Program for the development of contacts and cooperation between the Russian Federation and Norway, 8 March 1992

with Poland

Treaty (with annexed maps) concerning the demarcation of the existing Soviet-Polish State frontier in the sector adjoining the Baltic Sea, 5 March 1957 (entry into force: 4 May 1957; registration #: 3963; registration date: 7 August 1957; link to UNTS)
Protocol between the Government of the Polish People’s Republic and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the delimitation of Polish and Soviet territorial waters in the Gulf of Gdansk of the Baltic Sea, 18 March 1958 (entry into force: 29 July 1958; registration #: 4861; registration date: 9 September 1959; link to UNTS)
Treaty between the Polish People's Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the boundary of the continental shelf in the Gulf of Gdansk and the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea (with map), 28 August 1969 (entry into force: 13 May 1970; registration #: 10978; registration date: 2 March 1971; link to UNTS)
Treaty between the People’s Republic of Poland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea (Territorial Waters), the Economic Zone, the Fishery Zone and the Continental Shelf in the Baltic Sea, 17 July 1985

with Sweden

Agreement on principles for the delimitation of the sea areas in the Baltic Sea between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 13 January 1988 (entry into force: 13 January 1988; registration #: 27071; registration date: 29 January 1990; link to UNTS)
Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf and of the Swedish fishing zone and the Soviet economic zone in the Baltic Sea
(with nautical charts and Protocol), 18 April 1988 (entry into force: provisionally on 16 May 1988 and definitively on 22 June 1988; registration #: 27075; registration date: 29 January 1990; link to UNTS)

with Poland and Sweden

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Government of the Polish People’s Republic and the Government of the USSR concerning the Common Delimitation Point of their Maritime Boundaries in the Baltic Sea, 30 June 1989 (entry into force: 10 May 1990; registration #: 27841; registration date: 18 January 1991; link to UNTS)

with Turkey

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf between the Republic of Turkey and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Black Sea (with maps), 23 June 1978 (entry into force: 15 May 1981; registration #: 20344; registration date: 11 August 1981; link to UNTS)
Exchange of notes constituting an agreement on the delimitation of the USSR and Turkey economic zone in the Black Sea, 23 December 1986 - 6 February 1987 (entry into force: 6 February 1987; registration #: 24690; registration date: 23 April 1987; link to UNTS)

with the United States of America

Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the maritime boundary, 1 June 1990
 

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