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 ...

Russia has again positioned its ships in the Black Sea on the morning of December 26. The threat of missile strikes on ...

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have detected seven new slicks, a Russian official told ...

Russia continues to suffer military defeats in the strategically vital Black Sea, one of Moscow's most crucial avenues for political and economic influence into the Mediterranean and beyond.

Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken Russian tanker in the Black Sea on Friday, said officials in Moscow, as Ukraine warned of "terrible environmental consequences" from the spill.By trying to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that more needed to be done to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea, saying efforts so far appeared to have been insufficient to deal with the ...

Russia has declared a federal state of emergency over an oil spill in the Black Sea, which came after a tanker "split in half" during a fierce winter storm. The head of the Russian Emergencies ...

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