International Legal Aspects of Bilateral
and Multilateral Cooperation
of the Russian Federation in the Sphere
of the Protection and Use
of Transboundary Watercourses


	Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law Reference: Ryazanova M.A. (2013). International Legal Aspects of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses. Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law, 3, 487–490. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63173 Ryazanova M.A. International Legal Aspects of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses Abstract: The article devotes to an analysis of the current practice of bilateral international agreements on joint use and protection of transboundary watercourses between Russia and neighboring countries. The particular importance of Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation on the Samur River is noted. Outstanding issues of the legal regime of joint use of a number of rivers, such as the Irtysh, Ural, Seversky Donets, Western Dvina and Neman are also identified. The positive and possible problem aspects of Russia’s accession to the important multilateral agreements — the Espoo Convention and Protocol on SEA and also the Aarhus Convention are examined. Keywords: international cooperation, transboundary watercourse, rational use, impact assessment, environmental information. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Vtoraya otsenka transgranichnykh rek, ozer i podzemnykh vod: Evropeyskaya ekonomicheskaya komissiya OON, — Or-ganizatsiya ob'edinennykh natsiy, 2011. 2. Gureev S.A., Tarasova I.N. Mezhdunarodnoe rechnoe pravo: ucheb. posobie. M.: Yuridicheskaya literatura, 2004. 3. Rechnye basseynovye komissii i inye institutsional'nye mekhanizmy v oblasti transgranichnogo vodnogo so-trudnichestva: Evropeyskaya ekonomicheskaya komissiya OON, — Organizatsiya ob'edinennykh natsiy, 2009. 4. Problemy adaptatsii k izmeneniyu klimata v basseynakh rek Daurii: ekologicheskie i vodokhozyaystvennye aspekty: Sbornik nauchnykh trudov. Chita: Ekspress-izdatel'stvo, 2012

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Ryazanova M.A. International Legal Aspects of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses