Putin Lays Claim to North Pole
By Newsmax Wires | Thursday, 06 Aug 2015 11:22 PM
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- Image: Putin Lays Claim to North Pole (Newsmax File Photo)
The territory contains some of the world’s largest untapped reserves of fossil fuels, as well as valuable minerals, reports CNBC.
Russia’s claim is filed under the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which establishes the rights to exclusive economic zones beyond a nation’s borders.
The convention allows for a 200-mile zone from recognized borders, except where a country can demonstrate that the continental shelf on which it sits actually extends farther then 200 miles. In such cases, the law recognizes a 350-mile limit.
The U.N. rebuffed a similar effort by Russia in 2002.
If the U.N. accepts Russia’s petition this time, it would give the government of President Vladimir Putin oversight of the the waters on economic matters, including fishing and oil and gas drilling, though will not have full sovereignty, The New York Times says.
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