RF President signs amendments into State Border Law
RF President Vladimir Putin has signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 9 of the Federal Law On State Border of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation, Kremlin press center reports.
The Federal Law was passed by the State Duma on May 17, 2013 and approved by the Federation Council on May 29 мая 2013 года.
The Federal Law is aimed to regulate multiple crossings of the State Border of the Russian Federation by commercial vessels sailing from one part of the Russian Federation to another part of Russian territory with the necessity to cross the Border of the Russian Federation due to geographic or climatic reasons.
To prevent possible conflict of law between Article 9 of the Federal Law On State Border of the Russian Federation and Article 6 of the Russian Border Crossing Act, Article 2 of the Federal Law proposes amending the fifth part of Article 6 of the Russian Border Crossing Act.
Besides, Article 3 of the Federal Law proposes to supplement the Federal Law on the internal maritime waters, territorial sea and contiguous zone of the Russian Federation with Article 141 allowing foreign leisure and sport sailing vessels, having passed the border/customs or other controls at the checkpoint on the State Border of the Russian Federation, sail and stay within the internal maritime waters or territorial sea outside the checkpoints on the State Border of the Russian Federation.
