MOSCOW, Russia — The governor of Russia’s Pacific island region of Sakhalin has declared an emergency after a Chinese cargo ...

Part of Russia's Pacific island region of Sakhalin is on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off its southwest coast ...

Following the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait, scientists have discovered a dangerous concentration of the carcinogen ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Specialists have reported new traces of oil on the beaches of the Krasnodar Region following a spill caused by a tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's press service ...

A wave of cancellations is sweeping through spas and children's camps in Anapa, a Russian town on the Black Sea. As the pollution from a huge December 2024 oil spill washes onto local beaches, many ...

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

The funds are intended to address the tanker crash in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024, which was followed by an oil spill ...

A crew from Russia’s Marine Rescue Service siphoned away the remaining 1,488 tonnes of oil left in the grounded Volgoneft-239 in a six-day operation, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev said ...