The State Duma withdrew from consideration the law banning the division of the Black Sea Fleet
The State Duma of the Russian Federation decided to withdraw the bill “On ending the division of the Black Sea Fleet” from further consideration. As Harry Minkh, the presidential representative in parliament, explained, this law has already become an “artifact.”
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“This is a law that was adopted by the State Duma in October 1996. The issue is the division of the USSR Black Sea Fleet between two states. Nowadays, as you understand, this has long lost its relevance. Back then, in 1996, the president rejected the law for a number of reasons. Today there is no point in repeating these arguments,” Minkh said.
Boris Yeltsin had no legal grounds not to sign this bill in 1996. Deputy Konstantin Zatulin wrote about this in the Parliamentary Gazette.
“Of course, there is no longer any need to prohibit the reduction of the Black Sea Fleet, which has returned to its home harbor along with Crimea and Sevastopol. But if laws, like speakers, were rewarded with applause, then it would make sense to welcome the bill going into oblivion. Boris Yeltsin, in violation of all norms and rules, refused to sign the adopted law and returned it to the Duma.
But the disgraced law continued to play its role, warning the Russian authorities, entangled in three pines in the 90s, from being too careless about the problems of the Black Sea Fleet, Sevastopol and Crimea,” Zatulin wrote.
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