OREANDA-NEWS. March 31, 2008. President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law on Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Norway on Delimitation of the Maritime Border in the Varanger Fjord District.

The agreement was signed in Moscow on July 11, 2007 and then presented for ratification by Russia’s parliament and President.

Varanger Fjord in the Barents Sea is located between Rybachy Peninsula (Russia) and Varanger (Norway). The fjord is 120 kilometres in length and 50 kilometres wide at its mouth.