On President Vladimir Putin’s orders, the Russian Transport Ministry has launched an inspection of companies operating tanker ...

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

After the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait, scientists discovered a dangerously high concentration of carcinogenic benzo(a)pyrene in the soil from the local beaches. This discovery raises serious ...

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

Two Russian ships, the Volgoneft-239 and the Volgoneft-212, were badly damaged in stormy weather on Dec. 15, resulting in ...

MOSCOW. Feb 5 (Interfax) - The Russian Transport Ministry will check almost 500 Russian shipping companies that operate tankers for compliance with the rules for transportation of oil and petroleum ...

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia has sent clean-up crews to some of the affected areas, ...

As of 06:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4, russia keeps 2 ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, 1 of which is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total ...

Ukraine has accused Russia of a cover-up over the spill of thousands of barrels of oil from two tankers that split in two ...

The Russian government has initiated an inspection of its tanker fleet following a significant oil spill caused by two aging tankers during a storm. The Volgoneft 212 split in the Kerch Strait while ...

Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up ...

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