“We have confirmed that the Amur itself is currently not being held in the port of Mombetsu,” the consulate’s message was quoted by TASS.

It is noted that the captain of the vessel participates in the proceedings on a voluntary basis.

Earlier, the Consul General of Russia in Sapporo, Sergei Marin, said that heavy fog could have caused the collision of the Russian merchant ship Amur with the Japanese fishing vessel Dai-hachi Hokko-maru.

As a result of the emergency, three Japanese sailors were killed.

The incident took place off the coast of Hokkaido.