Analysis the circumstances of the conclusion, the approaches to the interpretation and practice of application of the Memorandum on Security Assurances. The legal effect of the Budapest Memorandum, specifics of the obligations violated by Russia.
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RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE, THE ANNEXATION OF THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA AND THE 1994 BUDAPEST MEMORANDUM Olexander Zadorozhny, PhD in Law Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine This article analyzes the circumstances of the conclusion, the approaches to the interpretation and practice of application of the Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraines accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of December 5, 1994 in the context of an aggressive war of Russia against our country and annexation of Crimea. The author makes conclusions about the legal effect of the Budapest Memorandum, specifics of the obligations violated by Russia, the necessity to implement its provisions by the guarantors under the universal nuclear disarmament process. Key words: the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, the regime of nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, the 1968Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the 1991 Treaty on the Reduction of Offensive Weapons, the guarantor states, an international treaty. Appropriate international law qualification of the war of aggression against our country, which was launched by military operations in Crimea in February 2014 and continued in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, is necessary due to the pressing problem of efficient use of facilities and instruments provided for by international law and designed to ensure bringing aggressors to justice in all its aspects. The author aims to resolve an important scientific and practical task - to perform an international law analysis of the Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons of 1994 (the Budapest memorandum) - one of the main international legal instruments, which Russia has violated.