Japan’s LNG contracts to remain intact despite Russia seizing control of Sakhalin 2

Analysts see move by Kremlin primarily as attempt to force out foreign shareholders from a key energy project in Russia’s far east

All aboard: a cargo of liquefied natural gas is loaded from the Sakhalin 2 plant at Prigorodnoye on Sakhalin Island
All aboard: a cargo of liquefied natural gas is loaded from the Sakhalin 2 plant at Prigorodnoye on Sakhalin IslandPhoto: AP/SCANPIX
Published 4 July 2022, 12:48Updated 6 July 2022, 12:55