Sailors of the RF Black Sea Fleet parade on the Victory Day in Sevastopol.
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U.S. Is the Cause of Russia’s, Ukrainian Clashes
The problems in relations of Russia and Ukraine are triggered by interference of the third party, the United States, said State Duma member Sergei Markov. Markov is also the director of Political Research Institute.
“The key problem of Russia’s-Ukrainian relations is that they don’t exist. There are the relations of Russia, Ukraine and America,” Markov announced at the news conference in Moscow. Therefore, Ukraine couldn’t be viewed a sovereign state, the official went on, pointing out that Ukrainian government is losing control over its structures there.
“We should help the Ukrainian nation restore sovereignty,” Markov declared.
According to Markov, Ukrainian authorities don’t comply with a number of clauses of Russia's-Ukrainian Treaty on Partnership and Cooperation, including in respect of the right for the Russian language.
That treaty was inked in Kiev May 31, 1997 and took effect April 1, 1999.
The relations of Kiev and Moscow have clouded recently and the RF Black Sea Fleet is one of the stumbling blocks. Under the bilateral treaty, the Black Sea Fleet may station in Ukraine till 2017 and the document provides for the optional prolongation. Regardless, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has committed the bureaucrats to elaborate documents for terminating the treaty on expiration.
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