The oil spill in the Black Sea, caused by damage to two Russian tankers in mid-December, also brought thousands of volunteers from all over the country to come and help address the aftermath of the disaster.

Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for organizing “health and recreation” trips for children to the Black Sea resort city of Anapa,

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

The mishap resulted in a devastating oil spill that damaged miles (kilometers) of coastline along the Black Sea. Two Russian ships, the Volgoneft-239 and the Volgoneft-212, were badly damaged in ...

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year press conference. -/Kremlin Press Office/dpa

Ukrainian drone attacks damage refineries, sources say Russian ban on gasoline exports also affected flows Rising interest rates also prompted export cuts, traders say MOSCOW ... Fuel exports via Russia's Black Sea and Azov Sea ports fell to 42.75 million ...

Russian regional authorities are arranging summer vacations for disabled children at Black Sea resort destinations heavily impacted by last month’s oil spill, despite warnings from federal officials that the affected areas will not fully recover and be safe for tourists until 2026.

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 from two Russian oil tankers after they were caught in a Black Sea storm last month.

The second ship, the 75,100-dwt Yi Peng 3 (built 2001), was intercepted in November and held off Denmark for about a month, after which its owner ordered the ship to sail again “for consideration of the crew’s physical and mental health”, as the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement at the time.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday Ukraine and Britain "had no room" for cooperation in the Sea of Azov, commenting on a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London the two countries' leaders announced on Thursday.

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 told TASS.

One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.