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The Netherlands, on October 21, 2013, submitted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea a request for the prescription of provisional measures pending the constitution of an arbitral tribunal in a dispute with the Russian Federation. According to the press release, the Netherlands has instituted arbitral proceedings against Russia under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, contending that the Artic Sunrise, a Greenpeace...