Rustam MAMEDOV

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Rustam Mamedov, Ph.D. (Law), head of the Department of International Public Law, Baku State University (Baku, Azerbaijan).

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DISARMAMENT AND DEMILITARIZATION IN THE CASPIAN SEA FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

RESUME

The article examines the role of international law in regulating the naval activity currently unfolding in the Caspian Sea region. In this context, the author looks at ways to limit military activity: demilitarization, neutralization, non-militarization, and so on. The conclusions he draws are based on the standards of international law and international law practice and reflect a realistic picture of the military-political processes going on in this region.

Introduction

For almost two centuries, the Caspian was considered Russia’s “inland sea,” and it was the only country with the right to engage in naval activity there. So it is unlikely we shall find a source indicating the qualitative characteristics of this unique kind of military activity. No one knows how many weapons were deployed there or when, or what submarines cruised there, which, incidentally, they still do. We only know that in the Soviet era, the Caspian was part of the action zone of the Soviet Union’s southern military ventures. This vector was…………

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