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

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local ...

Rescue workers have successfully removed nearly 1,500 tons of oil from a stranded tanker involved in a significant oil spill ...

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

More than a month has passed since two two oil tankers began leaking thousands of tons of oil into the Black Sea after being ...

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 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that more needed to be done to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea, saying efforts so far appeared to have been insufficient to deal with the ...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia ...

The Russian government declared a federal emergency in response to the oil spill. Cleanup efforts have involved around 8,500 ...

Oil spill in the Black Sea contaminates beaches and threatens wildlife, amid little to no response from the Russian ...

More than 10,000 people have been working to shovel up the oil from beaches following an oil spill in the Black Sea in ...

Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the Black Sea in ...