Open AccessTheoretical and methodological substantiation of the state sovereignty of Russia in the Arctic
Author(s) -
Valentina V. Gogoleva,
Tatyana Anatolyevna Dolgopolova,
Tatiana Zyabkina,
Natalia Kirsanova,
É. V. Maksimova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012004
Subject(s) - arctic , geopolitics , sovereignty , territorial integrity , political science , natural resource , politics , consolidation (business) , united nations convention on the law of the sea , geography , international law , economy , law , business , oceanography , economics , geology , accounting
The relevance of creating at the present stage of development of the state, the legal framework for consolidating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, including the Arctic territories belonging to international law and the need to save the generations of Russian settlers and researchers of historical heritage left in the development and consolidation of their sovereignty in the Arctic, is substantiated. territories.The analysis of the peculiarities of the historical stages of the consolidation of the Arctic territories of interest at all times, both domestic and foreign researchers, is presented, since the Arctic is a place of concentration of geopolitical, military, political, trade, economic, environmental and legal interests. In the international context, the problems of the interest of states in the use of the Arctic spaces, due to the geographical and geological position of the Arctic, by their enormous volumes of natural resources, which are a determining factor in the struggle for the Arctic territories, are investigated. The author substantiates the importance of legal consolidation of spheres of influence in the Arctic zone in order to effectively use and distribute natural resources by the states of the Arctic region. The strategic importance of the Arctic zone for our country is analyzed, since the Russian Federation has direct access to the Arctic Ocean, ensures the safety of the use of the Northern Sea Route and the protection of territories belonging to Russia within the state borders. A legal analysis is presented of the regulation of the procedure for securing the use of resources in the Arctic space, which currently does not consistently and comprehensively cover all aspects of the regulation of economic activity and other relations in the Arctic space under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. Based on the analysis, recommendations and organizational and legal mechanisms for creating an integrated regulatory framework aimed at regulating legal relations and developing the Arctic zone of Russia are presented.