Russian aggression in Crimea and its impact on human environment: a few reflections from international environmental law perspective
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https://doi.org/10.12775/PPOS.2015.011Keywords
Environmental protection and armed conflicts, State responsibility and environmental protectionAbstract
The article analyzes the impact of Russian aggression and occupation of Ukrainian Crimea on local, regional and global environment. The author concludes that this aggression will have a lot of dangerous consequences for environment: scuttling which is a form of dumping, dangers to world cultural heritage, risks of unjustified oil and gas offshore operations in the Black Sea continental shelf, the use of dolphins for military purposes and the possibility of construction of a nuclear power station. One of the results of Russian occupation will be the deterioration of environmental protection in the whole Black Sea region, because Russia is not a party to many key multilateral environmental treaties.
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