Table 12 shows the types of benefits that respondents expect for themselves. As expected, economic benefits dominate the list. Power outage, due to energy shortage, is a chronic problem in Sakhalin as it is in many other parts of the Russian Far East. The Sakhalin projects, therefore, are seen as offering a very important solution to this problem. As Table 13 shows, almost one-half of our respondents expect some adverse consequences for themselves.
Environmental concerns are paramount among our respondents.
There will be dead fish all over our shores if oil film covers sea surface. I cannot be indifferent when nature in our area is being killed. I've seen with my own eyes what communists have done to it, because I have walked across my island from north to south. I do not want it to be ruined completely. Given the importance of fishing both as a source of food and a source of income for many Sakhalin citizens, these fears are quite understandable.