Russia's Amur merchant ship was detained in Japan under civil proceedings over an administrative violation, Russia's consul general in Sapporo, Sergey Marin, told Sputnik on Wednesday

There is no information confirming that the crew of Russia's Amur merchant ship violated international agreements on safe navigation or rules for the divergence of vessels at sea, while evidence showed that Japanese fishermen could ignore some of these rules, Russian Consul General in Sapporo Sergey Marin told Sputnik on Thursday, commenting on the vessels' collision