BLACK SEA NAVY DEPRIVED OF NAVIGATION FACILITIES

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[Presenter] The results of secret Ukrainian-Russian negotiations have become known to journalists in Kiev.

According to reports, the Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's Office has insisted on the implementation of a court order on the transfer to Ukrainian hands of more than 80 facilities of the Black Sea Fleet. The handover process has begun.

Representatives of the authorities in Crimea are calling this a violation of previous agreements.

[Oleg Rodivilov, deputy of supreme council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea] The loss of these 80 facilities from the Black Sea Fleet will certainly have a negative effect on the combat capability of the fleet. This is a revision of earlier agreements on the Black Sea Fleet, and a revision of the treaty of friendship and coordination between Ukraine and Russia.

[Presenter] According to reports in the Kiev press, the facilities being handed over include coastal navigational equipment: three lighthouses on the western coast of Crimea.

Source: NTV Mir, Moscow, in Russian 1500 gmt 19 Jun 05