title: Russia dominates Sea of Azov to squeeze Ukraine
abstract: Significance The opening of a bridge from southern Russia to Crimea in May has been accompanied by increased naval activity in the enclosed Sea of Azov. The sea's post-Soviet legal status has never been fully clarified but is now important as Russia asserts rights to patrol its entire waters and control access via the Kerch Straits. Impacts Russian restrictions will make Ukraine's maritime export trade more costly and less competitive. Ukraine will try to internationalise regulation of the sea a
journal: Emerald expert briefings