In the Black Sea, Russia is dealing with what experts in and outside Russia say might be the worst environmental disaster the country has seen this century. Thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil leaked ...

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

The spill has hit several critical sites, including Kerch beaches and areas near Lake Tobechikskoye. Photos of cleanup efforts reveal volunteers in white suits shoveling oil-soake ...

The situation in the Black Sea in the coming year will remain volatile with a tendency towards increased military risks. This ...

two other Russian-flagged tankers were caught in a storm off the Krasnodar region of Russia, resulting in an incident that saw thousands of tons of oil being spilled into the Black Sea.

On 15 December, two ageing Russian oil tankers collided after being hit by a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling more than 4,300 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the Black Sea. Officials say the ...