Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local volunteers complain that the government is interfering with their clean-up ...

The Moscow Times explains why the Black Sea oil spill has been so devasting for seabirds. ‘Tip of the iceberg’ Animals, especially seabirds, are facing some of the worst impacts of the oil ...

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

sparking a devastating oil spill that has damaged miles of coastline along the Black Sea MOSCOW -- Rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil left onboard a tanker that ran ...

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia ... Undercurrents spread the spill and can bring oil to the surface, where it traps birds. Local environmentalists immediately ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will help assess the damage from the russian fuel oil spill into the Black Sea that ...

Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for ...

Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the Black Sea in recent history. Russia has formed a new government commission to ...

As ageing and deficient tankers in the "Russian shadow fleet" traffic the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea, a major oil spill ...

On February 5th, fishermen in the Gulf of Coro, in Falcón State, observed a new oil spill affecting the coasts, this happened ...

Advertising Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea ...