Ukraine says Russia looted two Crimean oil rigs
Ukraine says Russia looted two Crimean oil rigs
KYIV, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of looting two of its oil rigs after Crimea-based oil and fuel agency Chornomornaftogaz moved the gear off the coast of the annexed peninsula into Russian waters.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine final yr and the lack of the peninsula’s helpful power belongings has been a specific sore level for cash-strapped Kyiv given a long-running power dispute between the 2 nations.
On Monday Chornomornaftogaz stated it had moved the 2 rigs, value 25 billion roubles ($357 million), into Russian territorial waters because of the “the difficult worldwide state of affairs (and) danger of dropping very important belongings.”
Whereas Ukraine had already misplaced management of the rigs following Crimea’s annexation, it described their current relocation as “large-scale looting”.
“The Ukrainian Overseas Ministry expresses its deep indignation in reference to the actions of Russia that violate worldwide regulation, as soon as once more aimed toward violating the sovereign rights of Ukraine,” the ministry stated in a press release.
The annexation of Crimea plunged Kyiv’s relations with Moscow right into a disaster additional infected by a conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops in japanese Ukraine.
Ukrainian state-run power agency Naftogaz, which owned 100 % of Chornomornaftogaz, repeated on Wednesday that it will search compensation from Russia in worldwide courts for its annexed Crimean oil and fuel belongings, which it stated have been value $15.7 billion.
New rows have erupted between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea in current weeks after saboteurs in Ukraine blew up energy strains to the peninsula. Delayed repairs to the pylons on the a part of Kyiv authorities and the suspension of commerce hyperlinks with Crimea prompted Russia to droop coal exports to Ukraine. ($1 = 70.0900 roubles) (Reporting by Natalia Zinets and Andrew Osborne; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; modifying by Susan Thomas)
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