Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

2011: Data and ReviewsUkraine to charge more rent for hosting the Black Sea FleetNovember 18, 2011Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has recommended that the authorities inSevastopol should set the rental charges on land used by Russia’s Black SeaFleet at a rate of 3% of their regulatory and monetary value in 2013 and at4% in 2014. The Cabinet also believes that Ukraine’s State Land ResourcesAgency, its Foreign and Defence Ministries and the State Property Fund shouldharmonise agreements on inventory and valuation of land used by the RussianBlack Sea Fleet in Ukraine by 2013.Inventory of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s non-military facilities in Crimeabegan, as agreed, on October 6, 2011. The Cabinet intends to compensate localauthorities for any shortfall in their budget revenues caused by the deploymentof the Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory. Ukraine’s Finance Ministryhas suggested that the draft law on state budget should include additionalsubsidies.In April 2011, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Konstantin Gryshchenko said thatthe market value of the facilities leased to the Fleet will be calculated after theinventory of real estate is concluded.Note:From May 28, 2017 Russia will pay Ukraine $100 million annually in return for stationing the Black Sea Fleetin Crimea. Russia’s reduced rent will be calculated as 30% of the price of gas supplied to Ukraine.Central AsiaRussia to extend lease of Tajikistan military baseSeptember 2, 2011Expert OnlineThe Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the Tajik President EmomaliRahmon have given their Defence Ministries the task of preparing an agreement,for signature in early 2012, extending Russia’s lease of a military base inTajikistan by 49 years. Following bilateral negotiations in Dushanbe, Medvedevnoted that this agreement must be put together carefully, and must balance theinterests of both Tajikistan and Russia.Note:The Russian base in Tajikistan was set up in 2005 on the premises of the former 201 st Motorised Rifle Division,a remnant of the Soviet period. The initial agreement signed in April 1999 and implemented in 2004 allowedthe base to function until 2014. Russian military units are located in Dushanbe, Qurghonteppa and Kulab.Expert Online, RBK daily292 EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012