Filed an international arbitration claim on the part of Ukraine with the aim of receiving material compensation from Russia because of the incident in the Kerch Strait does not contain fundamentally new elements, the Russian foreign Ministry said.
“the Memorandum does not contain fundamentally new elements compared to Ukraine previously filed a statement of claim. While Kiev forced to take into account held in the autumn of 2019, the transfer of seafarers and of ships of Ukraine that essentially “cut” the list of her initial claims,” according to the Ministry’s website.
The foreign Ministry said that Russia now will have until August 22, 2020 to submit their jurisdictional objections in the context of this case.
Earlier, Ukraine has filed an international arbitration claim against Russia because of the incident in the Kerch Strait. It was reported that Kiev intends to demand moral and material compensation for the Ukrainian seamen because of the incident in the Kerch Strait.
We will remind, three ships of the Ukrainian Navy in 2018 during provocation violated the border of Russia and was arrested. Russian President Vladimir Putin explained this provocation low rating of Petro Poroshenko, who was then President of Ukraine, before the election.
In 2019 sailors were transferred to Ukraine in the exchange of detainees and convicted prisoners.