Tanker Owner to Pay $221M For Oil Spill
The Associated Press
TheMoscowTimes.com
TOKYO -- The owner of a Russian tanker that caused a huge oil
spill off Japan's western coast in 1997 has agreed to pay 26.1
billion yen ($221 million) to the government for damages, officials
said Friday.
The tanker Nakhodka spilled at least 4.9 million liters of oil
when it split apart on Jan. 2, 1997, damaging more
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