The Legal Status of the Caspian Sea in the Context of the Problems of the Current Stage of Development of Relations between the Countries of the "Caspian Five"

Abstract

knowledge were used. The purpose of the article is to provide a rationale for the starting positions of the analysis of the influence of the current legal regulator of relations on the formation of the main problems of cooperation between the Caspian states in the investment sphere and key sectors (energy, trade, transport, others). The implementation of this goal was carried out on the basis of an analysis of the regulatory legal acts adopted by the Caspian states and designed to regulate interaction in the Caspian on the use of its resources in the context of the current stage of development of relations between them, which made it possible to identify the uncertainty of the legal status of the Caspian as the main reason for the formation of economic problems of cooperation between the Caspian states. The results of the analysis made it possible to substantiate approaches to the formation of the legal foundations of the Caspian Sea economic cooperation and apply them in establishing the content of the necessary conceptual apparatus and principles for the formation of norms governing the legal status of the Caspian Sea, proposed as the main elements of the missing foundations of the current legal regulation of cooperation between the Caspian Sea states - owners of the Caspian Sea and his resources.