Russland vs. Ukraine

[Schneemann]

@Nightwatch

Ich kann auch kein Russisch, aber soweit ich es zusammengelesen habe, dann gibt es wohl (mutmaßlich) zwei Absprachen zumindest bezüglich Sewastopol. Etwas spekulativ nun ein Deutungsansatz meinerseits: 1997 wurde den Russen im ukrainisch-russischen Flottenabkommen die Nutzung des Hafens bis 2017 zugestanden. Allerdings wurde dieser Vertrag 2010 durch ein zweites Abkommen erweitert, welches den Russen eine weitere Nutzung des Hafens über Leasing-Deals bis 2035 erlaubt (erlauben soll?).

Ein NYT-Artikel zu dem Thema aus dem Jahre 2010:

Ukraine Woos Russia With Lease Deal

MOSCOW — Swiftly carrying out his pledge to improve strained ties with neighboring Russia, the new Ukrainian president agreed to a landmark deal on Wednesday to extend the lease on a Russian naval base on Ukrainian territory.

The decision by the Ukrainian president, Viktor F. Yanukovich, represented a sharp reversal in policy and a victory for the Kremlin, which had feared that its military readiness would be undermined if the base were closed. [...] The base is located on the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea, a place of historic resonance for Russia, which has headquartered its fleet there since czarist times. Mr. Yanukovich’s predecessor, Viktor A. Yushchenko, who left office in February, was hostile to the Kremlin and had vowed that the lease would not be renewed after it expired in 2017. [...]

Mr. Yanukovich negotiated with Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, will add 25 years to the lease on the base, which is in the city of Sevastopol. In return, Russia said it would cut the price of natural gas that it sold to Ukraine by roughly 30 percent, helping to bolster Ukraine’s shaky finances.

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Schneemann.