Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticised the clean up of a major oil spill in the Black Sea and created a new task force to take over the operation, almost four weeks after the spill ...

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticized Russian officials for their slow response to what he described as the country ...

The president emphasized that this issue must not be overlooked at today's meeting and asked Russian Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov to report on the situation, outlining the steps to be taken ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that more needed to be done to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea, ...

The oil spilled into the Black Sea by two Russian tankers last month could soon reach Ukraine's southern coast in the ...

The ecological catastrophe began December 15, when two Russian oil tankers, the Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239, sank ...

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, ...

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

"We can expect the number of injured cetaceans to increase in much greater numbers than usual in the coming months." ...

Emergency workers clean up the beaches of the Black Sea in southern Russia following an oil spill which occured on December 15. Russia's Delfa centre, which rescues and provides rehabilitation for ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency after oil was detected on the coast ...