Russia specifically creates economic and military obstacles in the Sea of ??Azov, in fact, finishes the Azov Sea, in the future to turn it into the inland sea of ??Russia. This opinion was expressed by InfoResist Ukrainian politician, former People's Deputy Taras Chornovil.

"A deliberate atmosphere is created in which any commercial structures, both Ukrainian and foreign, will be unprofitable to use the Ukrainian ports of the Sea of ??Azov," the politician said, noting that this promises bankruptcy "not only of ports and enterprises, but also of cities, such as Mariupol and Berdyansk ".

The politician reminded that Russia, as the legal successor of the Soviet Union, is a party to international conventions that define maritime law - navigational law, the right of military exercises, the right to limit threats and.

"Failure to comply with the norms of the Convention, namely the complication of commercial shipping, is a direct violation of international maritime law, this is the basis for Ukraine to apply to international courts. Therefore, the Ukrainian state, Ukrainian state companies, the same "Ukrzaliznytsya", can file suits. Just like private companies that can file a lawsuit not only for direct damages, but for unearned profits, "Chornovil said..

According to him, all these are commercial claims that are not regulated by any special legal norms, "but the fact that Russia violates the norms of international maritime law gives grounds for these claims".

"I think the best way is to have a fairly tough judicial pressure on all relevant judicial instances with further seizure of the property of the Russian Federation," the politician notes..

In his opinion, thus victims of Russia's actions will soon be able to compensate for losses in part, and in the long term - completely.

"And the second moment, which is very important: it is such tough actions in response to the legal component that can prevent the seizure of the Azov Sea by Russia," he said..

Chornovil noted that to date the Sea of ??Azov has a very unfavorable status for Ukraine of the internal sea of ??the two states, therefore third countries do not have the right to directly interfere in the conflict.

"If Ukraine were silent and quietly watched Russia step by step twist the nuts in the Kerch Strait, then, in the end, this could result in the fact that it (Russia - Ed.. ) will really turn it into an inland sea, in which there will be a small coastal strip, not even an economic zone, exclusively for economic interests, but exclusively territorial waters of Ukraine within a small area for, for example, Mariupol and Berdyansk. All. And this will be the point. Therefore, a very strict legal response is needed, "Chornovil.