The Federal Law ratifies the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua on Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, signed in Moscow on January 26, 2012.
The Agreement is aimed at creating organisational and legal basis for mutually beneficial cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Nicaragua in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.
In accordance with Article 15.1 (a) of the Federal Law On the Russian Federation’s International Agreements, the Agreement is subject to ratification as it contains rules that differ from the ones stipulated by Russian legislation, in part concerning procedures for providing immunity to agreed-upon categories of goods from any seizure or enforcement proceedings in the importing country, as well as for application of the principle of cross-waiver by parties and participants in joint activities from both sides to make claims against each other for liability and indemnification in carrying out joint work.