Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, officials said, despite concerns about the toxic pollution. Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany on Jan.

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil spill in the Kerch Strait last month.

Veniamin Kondratyev in his Telegram channel on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, rescuers and volunteers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, near Anapa in Russia’s southern ...

Most of the more than 30 dolphins killed in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait were from the endangered Azov species.

Ever since Vladimir Putin first decided to play Grabitall in Crimea, the Kerch Strait, which separates Russian ... kept on surfacing on the beaches of Anapa, a popular local resort.

rescuers and volunteers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, near Anapa in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait ... of the Krasnodar region’s Anapa and Temryuk districts.

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait ... of the Krasnodar region's Anapa and Temryuk districts.

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional cerem

The laboratory network will be expanded in the Krasnodar Territory and Crimea to intensify monitoring, environmental control and provision of seafood safety, the service said, adding that its enhanced laboratories in Anapa ... in the Kerch Strait on ...

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil spill in the Kerch Strait last month