The General Staff of the Russian Federation: War ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be able to return to the base in Sevastopol if necessary

The warships of the Black Sea Fleet, which entered the sea off the coast of Abkhazia , will be able, if necessary, to return to the base in Sevastopol, said Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.

“We will return there to make up for reserves and refueling,” he said at a press conference on Monday.

Nogovitsyn emphasized that the Ukrainian side threats regarding the creation of obstacles to the return of Russian ships to the basing places appear on the Interneton the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ukrainian media. However, officially, the Russian side did not receive such statements. “We believe that no request was received,” the general said.

“The Ukrainian side has a clear agreement on the terms of basing and the procedure for applying (warships),” said Nogovitsyn, adding that the Navy is present in Sevastopol “not for parades”.

According to the general, there can be no prohibition for the return of ships to the base: “The ships came out, they obey the Supreme Commander -in -Chief, they perform specific tasks and are not going to attack anyone,” he emphasized.

The Russian Foreign Ministry warned Kiev that "measures that the Ukrainian side threatens to use in relation to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation would not correspond to ... Russian-Ukrainian agreements and would be unfriendly in relation to the Russian Federation, " Interfax reports.

Recall that on Sunday, Ukraine warned the Russian side against the possible participation of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the conflict around South Ossetia.

"In order to prevent the occurrence of circumstances in which Ukraine can be drawn into the armed conflict and military operations due to the participation of military formations of the Black Sea Fleet, which is temporarily based on the territory of Ukraine, the Ukrainian side reserves the right, according to the norms of international law and the legislation of Ukraine, to prohibit the return to the territory of Ukraine before the resolution of the conflict of ships and courts that may take part in the above actions," the said Application of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine posted on the website of the department on Sunday.

According to the bilateral agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the finding of the Black Sea Fleet in the Russian Federation is possible until 2017. Given the current situation, the Ukrainian side also expressed concern that the Russian side was delaying with the preparation and signing of an agreement on the participation of the Black Sea Fleet in conflict situations.

The document emphasizes that, according to the information existing in the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine, on August 9 of this year, the operational group of Russian Black Sea Fleet ships, headed by the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Alexander Kleskov, came out of Sevastopol.

On August 8 this year, a large landing ship of Yamal went to Novorossiysk. In addition, a large group of Black Sea Fleet ships deployed in Sevastopol took part in the strategic exercises of the Caucasus 2008 and remained in the area of ​​Novorossiysk, the statement said.

Earlier, at the Main Headquarters of the Navy, he said that the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, including the Moscow missile cruiser, are located in the Black Sea in the area of ​​the Marine Marine. According to the source, "military sailors have the task of preventing the supply of weapons and military equipment to the sea by sea."

As part of the group in the eastern part of the Black Sea, in addition to the flagship - the Moscow missile cruiser, the patrol ship "Smmety", three large landing ships, as well as the support vessel, the source said.

The naval base of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Crimea (certificate)

After the collapse of the USSR between Russia and Ukraine, a dispute arose about the conditions of the division of the fleet between the two countries. In 1991-1992, the Ukrainian authorities adopted a number of decisions on the subordination of the fleet to Ukraine. The self -capture of the vessels began with the Ukrainian side. In response in April 1992, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin issued a decree on the transition of the Black Sea Fleet to the jurisdiction of Russia "with subordination to its commander -in -chief of the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States."

In the summer of 1992, an agreement was reached at a meeting of the presidents of the two countries on the principles of the formation of the Russian Navy and the Ukrainian Navy on the basis of the Black Sea Fleet. Then, in June 1995, the parties signed a new document according to which 81.7% were transferred to Russia, 18.3% of ships and ships. However, the conflict continued, and in October 1996 the State Duma of Russia even adopted a special law on the termination of the section of the fleet.

The dispute was finally decided on May 28, 1997, when an agreement was signed on the parameters of the Black Sea Fleet section. This document determined the status and conditions of the stay of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in Ukraine, the parameters of the division of the fleet and the principles of mutual settlements. After that, on June 12, 1997, the Andreevsky flag was raised on ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet

Signed documents limited the number of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, based on the territory of Ukraine, 388 ships and courts and 161 aircraft. The deadline for the fleet in Ukraine was limited to 2017. In 2005, the Ukrainian authorities proposed revising the agreements on the fleet and stated that they did not intend to renew the deadline for its stay in the Crimea longer than the established one. Ukraine also demanded to transfer to her various hydrographic objects of the fleet.

The rental of the naval base in Sevastopol costs Russia $ 98 million a year and is partially paid for the supply of Russian gas. (Based on materials from "Kommersant" ..).