BLACK SEA INCIDENT

News

• Russia accused Britain of spreading lies over a warship confrontation in the Black Sea.

Russia – Black Sea

• Russia – To project its power in the Mediterranean. • Black Sea – flashpoint between Russia and its
competitors.

• Russia – Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.

• Western countries – reject Russia’s claim to the seas around it.

Black Sea

• A large inland sea – South-eastern extremity of Europe. • World’s largest meromictic basin – deep waters do not mix with the upper layers
of water that receive oxygen from the atmosphere.

• Over 90 percent of the deeper Black Sea volume is anoxic water.

• Transportation artery – Eastern European countries with world markets.

• Fish – widely utilized biological resource of the Black Sea.

• Conservation and antipollution measures:
 Banning of dolphin fishing
 Restrictions on oil tankers
 Disposal of industrial wastes.

• 1992, Istanbul – the Summit Declaration and the Bosphorus Statement.

• Formation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).
 Countries – Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
• Aims:
 Fostering interaction and harmony among the Member States.
 Ensures peace, stability and prosperity.