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Russia and Norway compromise on Barents Sea border

bjornart

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If I'd read this Wikipedia article yesterday, it would have made me laugh:
An additional ocean boundary dispute exists in the Barents Sea with the neighbouring Kingdom of Norway. Russia applies a sector line spanning from Cape Nemetskii to the North Pole for delimitation purposes whilst Norway applies the equidistance principle. Neither method is acceptable for either state since they arguably lead to an inequitable result, so the matter is subject to negotiation where a compromise is likely to be attained.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_of_the_Russian_Federation

Negotiations started in 1970 with the Soviet Union, and neither party has ever shown signs of being willing to compromise, so the announcement of a solution during Medvedev's ongoing visit to Norway came as a surprise to everyone I know.

It's obvious, however, that this constitutes plain theft by the Russian federation. The use of a sector line was an entirely bogus claim by the Soviets, and I can see no reason why we should have given in, other than Russia being much, much bigger than us, and compromising with them gives us some valuable good-will. ;)

Why the big bad bear has finally given an (effing huge) inch? They probably want to start exploiting the potentially huge resources in the area, and figured half of them now is better than all of them in some indefinite future.
 
I don't know the details, other than that this is apparently very good news diplomatically and that our maritime territories just expanded even more.
 
The deal means Norway now controls 7 times more sea than land. It also means we now control 30% of Europe's land and sea. Not bad for a country of less than 5 million people.

We originally demanded more, though. But then, so did the Russians.
 
Well, at least you get to negotiate for your own territorial waters, instead of having about 6,000 square miles unilaterally annexed just before you're given a parliament that might have tried to resist this....

Sorry, link is a bit of a rant, but the facts are accurate.

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Rolfe.
 
Well, at least you get to negotiate for your own territorial waters, instead of having about 6,000 square miles unilaterally annexed just before you're given a parliament that might have tried to resist this....
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Bah. Someone ought to do something about them damned Englishmen. Damned tea-drinkers have an old deal with Norway that we can buy Shetland for a certain sum of silver (probably adjusted for inflation). We offer the silver, and surprise, surprise, no Shetland.

Guess we'll have to amass an armada and take it by force. Forming a Coalition with Iceland might just do the trick, I hear they have had lots of success against the Royal Navy with their Ramming Gunboats of Doom.
 
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Let me get my spear and shield, time to provide Valhalla with fresh recruits!

*runs away and hides in forest*
 
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