RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On ratification of the Protocol on the Protection of the Antarctic Treaty adopted by the State Duma on 25 April 1997 approved by the Federation Council on 14 May 1997 Ratify the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed in Madrid on 4 October 1991. President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 24 May 1997 N 79-FZ