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

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,

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local volunteers complain that the government is interfering with their clean-up efforts.

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran aground in December, sparking a devastating oil spill that has damaged miles

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.

A group of former American military officers and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste of the Black Sea coast to a U.S. audience.

Sedat Göçmen, a significant figure in Turkey’s Devrimci Yol ( Revolutionary Path, also known as DEV-YOL ), passed away at a hospital in İstanbul, where he had been receiving treatment for some time.

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland

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.

Daniel Erver, who was appointed as the Hennes & Mauritz boss last January, said he is confident the group is ‘on the right track’.

That's where the story turns fantastical, leading Briar through centuries-old town secrets, haunted seaside carnivals, and oceanic monsters as she sets out on a quest to rescue her estranged friend Finn, who has gotten lost in time.