New fuel oil on the Black Sea coast and multimillion-dollar fines for old disasters
After fire on an oil tanker in the area Sochi the Black Sea coast in the area from Novorossiysk until Anapa again discover Fuel oil spills. Volunteers and rescue services have already arrived at the scene, cleaning up the oil-contaminated soil and rescuing injured animals.
A fire broke out on the Aframax Rio tanker on the evening of October 6. The Russian Ministry of Transport saidThe vessel was attacked by unmanned boats. The tanker was en route from Novorossiysk to India. For the past two years, it had been transporting oil from Russian ports to other countries. Ukraine has added it to the sanctions list of Russia's "shadow fleet."
This is not the first disaster this year: the last major spill happened In April 2026, following attacks on oil facilities, approximately 60 kilometers of coastline were contaminated with oil products, and volunteers removed 19 cubic meters of oil-contaminated soil from the beaches of Tuapse.
Fines for the 2024 Kerch Strait disaster
More will be collected for the 2024 disaster 34 billionArbitration Court of Krasnodar Krai Endured the decision on the case of the large-scale fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait that occurred during a storm in December 2024.
The regional Ministry of Natural Resources fined Kamatransoil, Kama Shipping, and Volgatransneft, the owners and charterers of the sunken tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, for damage to wildlife and their habitats.
In addition, the arbitration court obliged companies to pay 1,2 billion ₽ for liquidation of consequences of the accident.
Previously, Rosprirodnadzor appreciated The total damage from the crash of the two tankers was almost 85 billion ₽.
The 2024 tragedy, which resulted in the spill of over 2,4 tons of fuel oil into the sea, was attributed to the operation of obsolete vessels in violation of seasonal restrictions. Due to fuel residues in sunken sterns, oil products continue to periodically wash up on the shores of Crimea and Kuban.
