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

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

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations due to the recent oil spill. Local ...

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

Rescue workers have successfully removed nearly 1,500 tons of oil from a stranded tanker involved in a significant oil spill ...

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 ...

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

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

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 ...

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