Japan's Foreign Ministry protests to Russia over Japan Tobacco assets being placed under temporary management
On November 5, a decree by the Russian president placed Japan Tobacco's stakes in four Russian companies under the temporary management of JSC Promyshlennye Aktivy. On November 6, Masatake Nakamura, head of the European affairs department at Japan's foreign ministry, lodged a protest with Russia's ambassador to Tokyo, Nikolai Nozdryov, and demanded the decision be reversed.
Aziz Karimov