Russia has decided to change the maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland
22.05.2024 - 10:31
Russia plans to unilaterally change the maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland.
According to a document of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Russia plans to “expand” its internal waters in the Baltic Sea, rosZMI reports.
It is about a part of the water area in the east of the Gulf of Finland, as well as near the cities of Baltiysk and Zelenogradsk in the Kaliningrad region.
Thus, the Russians plan to change the geographic coordinates of the points that determine the position of the baselines from which the width of their territorial sea is measured, as well as the adjacent zone near the coast and islands.
In particular, it is planned to “correct” the coordinates in the area of the islands of Yahi, Sommers, Holland, Rodscher, Maly Tuters, Vigrund, as well as near the northern entrance cape of the Narva River.
On the border with Lithuania, they want to review the area of the Curonian Spit in the Gulf of Gdańsk, the areas of Cape Taran, as well as the Baltic Spit.
The authors of the resolution claim that the geographic coordinates established in 1985 already “do not fully correspond to the current geographic situation.”
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