title: The Situation in the Azov Sea as a Precondition for the International Dispute
abstract: The article analyzes the legal nature, essence and content of the international disputes between Ukraine and the Russian Federation over the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, ensuring free navigation in the Kerch Strait, and access of the Ukrainian naval vessels to the Azov Sea. It is significantly focused on the difficulty to classify this type of disputes, positive and negative sides of the phenomenon for the national interests of Ukraine and possible prospects of the conflict resolution. I
journal: Visnyk of the Lviv University Series International Relations