International Legal Regulation of Russian-Iranian Cooperation in Energetics and Caspian Sea Delimitation

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The article is devoted to the history of contractual relations' development between Russia and Iran, dated back to XVI century. Particular meaning is given to the period stipulated by concluding of delimitation contracts between Russia and Iran concerning Caspian Sea, beginning on XIX century. It is important to note the capitulation contracts, marking Russian-Iranian relations in the period of reigned Russia and USSR. Currently, cooperation of Iran and Russia is appeared on different aspects with taking into consideration geopolitical situation, influenced on bilateral relations: labor power, natural resources, oil, gas, peaceful uses of atomic energy, inexhaustible energy sources, military and economic resources, export and import of goods. Intergovernmental agreements in the sphere of energetics are of key importance. 2017 year has become fruitful for contractual Russian-Iranian relations. Nowadays more than 300 contracts have been concluded known by authors of article from official resources. The list is not exhausted with this. For example, the agreement on cooperation in the sphere of peaceful uses of atomic energy stipulating the realization of nuclear technologies in medicine, agriculture and industry, fundamental researches in the sphere of nuclear physics was concluded in 1992.