Geographical and Legal Problems of Delimitation of the Arctic Territories in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai)

The present study deals with the geographical and legal problems of delimitation of the North and Arctic territories in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai). With respect to the legislative delimitation of the North as a separate entity, it provides characteristics the three main latitude zones of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai): the South (the Southern Latitude Belt), the Near North, and the Far (Extreme) North, along with the respective principles of territorial policy. The emphasis is placed on the insufficient substantiation of the “Arctic zone” delimitation on land, especially on the existing contradictions between its boundaries and the boundaries of the Extreme North zone. The article also explores the problem of political and legal regulation as regards the demarcation of the water area of the Arctic Ocean, which arose after the entry of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) into force, as its principal provisions were fundamentally different from the historically established division of the Arctic into five polar sectors belonging to Russia, Canada, the USA, Denmark and Norway. Some issues related to the influence of the differences in the Arctic maritime spaces’ legal status on the peculiarities of the development of their natural resources are also covered

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