Massandra Accords is a set four official agreements that were signed on 3 September 1993 between
Ukraine
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and the
Russian Federation
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as result of negotiations that took place in Ukrainian government official residence
Massandra Palace
The Massandra Palace is a Châteauesque villa of Emperor Alexander III of Russia in Massandra, at the south coast of Crimea.
Construction of the building started in 1881 and was funded by the son of Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, , who had recen ...
in
Yalta
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,
Ukraine
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. The agreements related to settlement on issues of utilization of nuclear weapons located on territory of Ukraine.
* Protocol on settlement of issues of
Black Sea Fleet
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(signed in Moscow)
* Basic principles of utilization of nuclear weapon of Strategic Nuclear Forces located in Ukraine
* Agreement between the government of Russian Federation and the
government of Ukraine
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on utilization of nuclear warheads
* Agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on implementation of assured and authoritative supervision for operation of strategic missile systems of Strategic Forces located on their territories
Agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on implementation of assured and authoritative supervision for operation of strategic missile systems of Strategic Forces located on their territories
(official document). Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...
website.
See also
* Lisbon Protocol
The Lisbon Protocol to the 1991 START I, Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was a document signed by representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan that recognized the four states as successors of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic ...
(1992)
* Budapest Memorandum
The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises four substantially identical political agreements signed at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assu ...
(1994)
References
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1993 in Ukraine
Treaties concluded in 1993
Treaties entered into force in 1993
Treaties of Ukraine
Treaties of Russia
Russia–Ukraine relations
Military installations of Russia
1993 in international relations
Russian Navy