Disputes - international:
dispute with
Romania over continental shelf of the
Black Sea under which significant gas and oil deposits may exist; agreed in 1997 to two-year negotiating period, after which either party can refer dispute to the ICJ; has made no territorial claim in
Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other nation.
Illicit drugs:
limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; some [synthetic drug]? production for export to West; limited government eradication program; used as transshipment point for opiates and other illicit drugs from Africa, Latin America, and Turkey, and to Europe and Russia?; drug-related money laundering a minor, but growing, problem
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