Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MOSCOW3212
2008-10-31 13:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
RUSSIAN RESPONSE: JURISDICTION OVER ANTARCTIC TOURIST
how-toVZCZCXYZ0048 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHMO #3212 3051321 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 311321Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0594 INFO RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 0302
UNCLAS MOSCOW 003212
DEPT FOR OES/PCI, OES/OA, EUR/RUS, AND AF/S
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EFIS RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIAN RESPONSE: JURISDICTION OVER ANTARCTIC TOURIST
EXPEDITIONS
REF: STATE 95270
In response to reftel request, Vasily Titushkin, the MFA Legal
Department's Executive Secretary in charge of Antarctic Treaty
issues, informed Post that Russia has no jurisdiction over the
companies named in reftel. The GOR understands that The Antarctic
Company (TAC) and Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI)
are both incorporated in South Africa and therefore subject to South
African law. ALCI has provided logistical support for GOR
activities in connection with the International Polar Year and
occasionally for other transportation needs in Antarctica, and ALCI
has leased Russian-built aircraft. However, Russia assumes no
regulatory oversight over ALCI or TAC expeditions.
BEYRLE