The Constitutional Court will check the compliance with the Basic Law of the so-called “Kharkov agreements” signed in 2010 between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which extended the period of basing the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea until 2042.
This was announced today, March 31, by the press service of the CCU.
Specified. As for the court, the corresponding constitutional submission of 49 people’s deputies.
The subject of the right to a constitutional submission believes that the disputed Agreement does not comply with part seven of Article 17 of the Basic Law of Ukraine, and also claims that the said Agreement is contrary to the principles of ensuring national security. In addition, people’s deputies of Ukraine note the lack of a legal framework for the conclusion of an international agreement of this kind. Therefore, according to the subject of the right to a constitutional submission, there are grounds for recognizing the Agreement as unconstitutional, the CCU notes.
In 2010, in Kharkiv, then-presidents of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed an agreement that provided for the extension of the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea in exchange for a $100 discount on gas prices. The Verkhovna Rada considered the ratification of the “Kharkov agreements” on April 27, 2010. This meeting was remembered for the tough confrontation between the authorities and the opposition.
Source: Racurs
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