Status of the natural resources of celestial bodies: novelties of the practice of states

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The absence of clauses on the legal regime of the natural resources of celestial bodies in the Outer Space Treaty, together with the development by the United States with its partner states of favourable legal conditions for their legal entities and individuals for the mining of space resources on celestial bodies, has highlighted the need for scientific proposals on the relevant Russian legal response. The article after analysing the legislative and treaty acts of the United States in the general context of International Space Law makes such initial proposals.

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Alexander N. Vylegzhanin

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia

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Email: danilalvy@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4833-2525

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of International Law Chair

Russian Federation, 119454, Moscow, Vernadskogo Ave., 76

Mariam Yuzbashyan

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia

Email: m_you@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3231-8489

PhD in Law, Associate Professor of International Law Chair

Russian Federation, 119454, Moscow, Vernadskogo Ave., 76

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