Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, ...

A creditor has launched bankruptcy proceedings against the Russian owner of a ship that caused an environmentally disastrous ...

An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two ...

Over 155,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil have been collected since fuel spilled from two tankers during a storm four ...

An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two ...

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

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

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A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula ...

The Kerch Strait runs between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and separates Crimea's Kerch Peninsula from Russia's Krasnodar region. Rescue workers have now cleared more than 86,000 metric tons ...

The amount of oil spilled in the Kerch Strait by two Russian oil tankers is "significantly less than the initial estimate," Russia's Transport Ministry claimed on Jan. 2. Two Russian oil tankers ...