Volodin called for the expulsion of the Japanese “with a sick psychology” from Sakhalin
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called for the expulsion of Japanese partners from the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects.
He stated this today at a plenary session of parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“There are specific examples where foreign states, in particular Japan, receive excess profits through a production sharing agreement signed in the early 90s. We now have a unique opportunity to analyze these agreements and make a decision. On the one hand, to this day they receive excess profits, on the other hand, they have initiated hundreds of sanctions against us.
Why can't we tell them: goodbye. Otherwise, it turns out that they harm us, citizens experience problems because of this, and they quietly ignore all these decisions made in relation to foreign companies. Specifically, Sakhalin-1, Sakhalin-2. They have already recovered the costs ten times, they must transfer everything to the Russian Federation, but they are not leaving,” the speaker noted.
He recalled that he proposed resolving this issue back in May to the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, Alexei Kudrin, but did not achieve a result.
“The share of profit of participants from Japan in the Sakhalin-2 project is 22,5% - $55,3 billion. Sakhalin-1 project – 30% or $57,3 billion. Total 112,5 billion. It is clear that Japan is fighting for this resource. There the point is in low cost. Japan is wasting a huge resource for nothing.
We will ensure that Japan either leaves or changes its attitude towards our country. And so, at the expense of our country, they solve their problems and spoil things. They have a sick psychology, like the islanders. They think only about themselves, whether they are Japanese or British. There is no space and love for humanity in them. They get angry with everyone and behave like this,” Volodin said.
Sakhalin-2 is an oil and gas project implemented on Sakhalin Island under the terms of a production sharing agreement (about 60% of liquefied gas is intended for Japan). As part of Sakhalin-2, the Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye fields of the Sakhalin sea shelf are being developed. Sakhalin Energy (Bermuda) is the project operator. Its shareholders are Gazprom (50% plus 1 share), Shell (27,5% minus 1 share), Japanese Mitsui (12,5%) and Mitsubishi (10%).
As reported, at the end of February, Shell, which owns a 27,5% stake in the project, announced its intention to exit the asset and later withdrew its management and technical staff from there. At the same time, it was reported that the Japanese Mitsui (share in the project is 12,5%) and Mitsubishi (10%) do not intend to leave the project, where about 4 million tons of oil are produced per year.
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