05:06Mandatory credit: Permanent Court of Arbitration
Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Kuzmin appeared before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Saturday to call for the dismissal of a case against Moscow over its alleged violation of 'Law of the Sea' due to the Crimean bridge's construction over the Kerch strait.
"Ukraine accused Russia of conducting a campaign aimed at degradation of cultural heritage of Ukraine and Crimea," he said. "Those allegations were not supported by evidence and dismissed by the court earlier this year. The case is exactly the same, big words but no substance."
The Russian representative also called Ukraine's claims 'outrageous', saying Kiev had failed to prove their allegations before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Furthermore, Kuzmin noted that the contested construction of the bridge in Kerch strait did not violate UNCLOS as its 'historic title was continuous and uncontested' since 1783.
"The same again is confirmed by long standing practice of the third states which have always treated Kerch strait as internal waters both before and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union," he said. "Nobody never challenged this regime."
He asserted that Ukraine "simply cannot understand the very idea of this bridge as a symbol of Crimea's reunification with Russia", adding that its swift construction was borne out of Kiev's 'atrocious blockade' of the Crimean peninsula.
"There'll be a day where Ukraine will become a friendly state. The people of Ukraine will wake up from mass psychosis and ask who are those who decided on behalf of people of Ukraine to surrender its sovereign rights, to reconfigure law and reality, breaking up ancient legal order, to destroy the vital infrastructure which served long term interests of people of the region," he said.
Kuzmin concluded his statement demanding that Ukraine's claims should be dismissed as it fell outside of the court's jurisdiction.
The proceedings started in 2016 by Kiev after Russia started building the Crimea Bridge which links Russia's mainland to the Crimean peninsula, home of the Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine argues that Russia wants to assert complete control over the strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
In 2020, the PCA ruled that Ukraine had to refile their case after Russia argued Ukraine was using the body to rule on the status of Crimea.
'Big words but no substance' - Russian representative on Ukraine's 'outrageous' claims of arbitral violations as Moscow and Kiev spar over Crimean bridge
Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Kuzmin appeared before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Saturday to call for the dismissal of a case against Moscow over its alleged violation of 'Law of the Sea' due to the Crimean bridge's construction over the Kerch strait.
"Ukraine accused Russia of conducting a campaign aimed at degradation of cultural heritage of Ukraine and Crimea," he said. "Those allegations were not supported by evidence and dismissed by the court earlier this year. The case is exactly the same, big words but no substance."
The Russian representative also called Ukraine's claims 'outrageous', saying Kiev had failed to prove their allegations before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Furthermore, Kuzmin noted that the contested construction of the bridge in Kerch strait did not violate UNCLOS as its 'historic title was continuous and uncontested' since 1783.
"The same again is confirmed by long standing practice of the third states which have always treated Kerch strait as internal waters both before and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union," he said. "Nobody never challenged this regime."
He asserted that Ukraine "simply cannot understand the very idea of this bridge as a symbol of Crimea's reunification with Russia", adding that its swift construction was borne out of Kiev's 'atrocious blockade' of the Crimean peninsula.
"There'll be a day where Ukraine will become a friendly state. The people of Ukraine will wake up from mass psychosis and ask who are those who decided on behalf of people of Ukraine to surrender its sovereign rights, to reconfigure law and reality, breaking up ancient legal order, to destroy the vital infrastructure which served long term interests of people of the region," he said.
Kuzmin concluded his statement demanding that Ukraine's claims should be dismissed as it fell outside of the court's jurisdiction.
The proceedings started in 2016 by Kiev after Russia started building the Crimea Bridge which links Russia's mainland to the Crimean peninsula, home of the Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine argues that Russia wants to assert complete control over the strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
In 2020, the PCA ruled that Ukraine had to refile their case after Russia argued Ukraine was using the body to rule on the status of Crimea.
Mandatory credit: Permanent Court of Arbitration
Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Kuzmin appeared before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Saturday to call for the dismissal of a case against Moscow over its alleged violation of 'Law of the Sea' due to the Crimean bridge's construction over the Kerch strait.
"Ukraine accused Russia of conducting a campaign aimed at degradation of cultural heritage of Ukraine and Crimea," he said. "Those allegations were not supported by evidence and dismissed by the court earlier this year. The case is exactly the same, big words but no substance."
The Russian representative also called Ukraine's claims 'outrageous', saying Kiev had failed to prove their allegations before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Furthermore, Kuzmin noted that the contested construction of the bridge in Kerch strait did not violate UNCLOS as its 'historic title was continuous and uncontested' since 1783.
"The same again is confirmed by long standing practice of the third states which have always treated Kerch strait as internal waters both before and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union," he said. "Nobody never challenged this regime."
He asserted that Ukraine "simply cannot understand the very idea of this bridge as a symbol of Crimea's reunification with Russia", adding that its swift construction was borne out of Kiev's 'atrocious blockade' of the Crimean peninsula.
"There'll be a day where Ukraine will become a friendly state. The people of Ukraine will wake up from mass psychosis and ask who are those who decided on behalf of people of Ukraine to surrender its sovereign rights, to reconfigure law and reality, breaking up ancient legal order, to destroy the vital infrastructure which served long term interests of people of the region," he said.
Kuzmin concluded his statement demanding that Ukraine's claims should be dismissed as it fell outside of the court's jurisdiction.
The proceedings started in 2016 by Kiev after Russia started building the Crimea Bridge which links Russia's mainland to the Crimean peninsula, home of the Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine argues that Russia wants to assert complete control over the strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
In 2020, the PCA ruled that Ukraine had to refile their case after Russia argued Ukraine was using the body to rule on the status of Crimea.