RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of South Africa taxation and prevention of tax evasion on income taxes adopted by the State Duma on 2 June 2000 Approved by the Federation Council on 7 June 2000 Ratify the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the The Government of the Republic of South Africa for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion with respect to taxes on income, signed in Pretoria on 27 November 1995, with the following statement: " The Russian Federation understands that zones outside the territorial sea referred to in the definition of South Africa in article 3, paragraph 1 (b), of the Agreement mean the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of South Africa Defined and established in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 ". President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Moscow, Kremlin 20 June 2000 N 88-FZ