DISAGREEMENT ON WRECK OF RUSSIAN OIL TANKER.

Japanese and Russian experts analyzing the bow section of the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka have reached different preliminary conclusions as to the reasons for the January 2 wreck of the ship off Japan’s coast. A Japanese panel on May 6 cited the ship’s age as the reason for its breakup. The Russian side continues to advance the argument that the ship went down as the result of a collision with some unknown, half-submerged object. (Kyodo, May 6; Itar-Tass, May 12)

Russia’s Caspian Flotilla Said to Get Busier.