The Russian Federation and the Georgian Government on MerchShipping Shipping Accepted State Duma on 23 January 1998 approved by the Federation Council on 28 January 1998 to ratify the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Georgia on Merchant Shipping, signed in the city Moscow, 19 March 1996. President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 9 February 1998 N 21-FZ