Since the beginning of the liquidation of the consequences of Russia's tanker accident, 592,534 tonnes of soil contaminated ...

Oil from two ageing and damaged Russian tankers -- one of which sank -- was detected on Friday off the coast of Sevastopol, the largest city in Moscow-annexed Crimea. The Volgoneft-212 and the ...

Since the beginning of the liquidation of the consequences of Russia’s tanker accident, 592,534 tonnes of soil contaminated with fuel oil have been removed from the coastlines of the temporarily ...

Tonnes of fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP ...

A Russian official said a recent oil spill in the Black Sea was unprecedented and could have been avoided, highlighting the ...

Targeting French patrol craft that were in international waters seems like an aggressive action. But Moscow would likely claim this was self-defense.

The fact of the matter is, though, the Russo-Iranian alliance in the Middle East has been dealt a serious blow with the loss of Assad’s regime in Syria. That is now being made all the more evident by ...

The alert follows fuel oil spilling out of two storm-stricken tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait.

Moscow (AFP) – Oil from two ageing and damaged Russian tankers was detected Friday off the coast of Sevastopol, the largest city in Moscow-annexed Crimea, a local official said. The Volgoneft ...

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Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday, as oil was detected on the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula’s largest city. Fuel oil spilled ...