Nikkei: since January 1 Japanese firms will stop insuring vessels in waters Russian Federation against military damage

Since January 1 Japanese firms will stop insuring vessels in waters Russian Federation against military damage, the Nikkei newspaper reports. This decision can negatively influence delivery to Japan the LNG extracted within the Sakhalin-II project, note in the edition. Thus Government of Japan wants since the beginning of New Year 2017, after Christmas vacation, to begin negotiations with foreign firms — that they insured vessels in the Russian waters against damage which can be put with operations. For Japan the Sakhalin-II project provides nearly 9% of annual consumption of the country — it goes for electric power generation in...