| Article | Problems of international law in relations between Ukraine and Russia |
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| Authors | Zadorozhniі О. |
| Name of magazine | Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version) |
| Issue | 3-4 / 2012 |
| Pages | 106 - 127 |
| Annotation | The article describes the main methodological problems of international legal regulation of interstate Ukrainian-Russian relations. The conclusions are made as to the main methodological failures of such regulation: the lack of common political will to fix the outcome of bilateral agreements in the international legal norms, the exaggeration of the role of private law, contract method of regulation of relations. Analyzed the main directions of «subjected» regulation — in the energy sector, in security relations, in the area of bilateral trade, mutual separation of spaces, the development of «secondary agreements» to ensure the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory, in the humanitarian sphere and in the field of human rights of the migrant workers. Analyzed a number of international legal instruments of the Customs Union and Common Economic Space.The article emphasizes the need for and feasibility of accented attention to international legal regulation of relations as an independent and sufficient not only an effective method of fixing arrangements, but also a powerful means of stabilizing bilateral relations between the two states. |
| Keywords | Ukrainian-Russian interstate relations, international legal regulation of international relations, international treaties, the Customs Union, the Russian Black Sea fleet, the Azov-Kerch region. |
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