"Law and Security", the journal

Issue 1 (34), March 2010

International enforceability of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and other countries of the former Soviet Union

N.V.Ostroukhov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

The author touches upon some up-to-date issues of the international cooperation, that are an important component of the system providing the territorial integrity of the countries: international legalization of the state border of the neighboring states as a pledge of the safe surface marking line with the help of the international facilities; changes in accordance with the international law of crossing the state border; international legal opposition to the separatism as one of the main sources of destruction of the state territorial integrity; international cooperation in the sphere of the protection of the state border that enables to coordinate the states cooperation; state territorial integrity control as a part of functioning of the system of international security aimed at the prevention and neutralization of external threats.

Key Words: territorial integrity, international law, state border.

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