Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged in the Black Sea. Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank.

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Efectul poluării uriașe cu petrol de la Marea Neagră: Rușii își schimbă planurile de vacanță și anulează rezervările din stațiuni

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Romania

Effect of huge Black Sea oil spill: Russians change vacation plans and cancel resort reservations

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

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United Kingdom

Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait

Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up thousands of tons of fuel oil.

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As Russian oil spill fouls beaches, locals fume over official response

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations due to the recent oil spill. Local volunteers, meanwhile, have complained that the government is interfering with cleanup efforts.

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Bonn

North Rhine-Westphalia

Germany

A reputational stain: The oil spill in the Black Sea

Russians are scrapping their summer vacation plans at Black Sea resorts due to the huge pollution caused by two oil tankers hit by a storm in December, while local volunteers complain that the government is hampering their efforts to clean up the waters, Deutsche Welle reports.

Rușii renunță la planurile lor de vacanță de vară în stațiunile turistice de la Marea Neagră din cauza poluării uriașe produse de două petroliere lovite de furtună în decembrie, în timp ce voluntarii locali se plâng că guvernul le încurcă eforturile de a curăța apele, relatează Deutsche Welle.

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The tankers that suffered an accident in December were carrying a substance even more deadly than crude oil, and in theory they could not have left the port.

A kőolajnál is gyilkosabb anyagot szállítottak a decemberben balesetet szenvedett tartályhajók, melyek elvileg ki sem futhattak volna a kikötőből.

A kercsi tankerbaleset az évszázad környezeti katasztrófáját idézte elő Oroszországban

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The Kerch tanker accident caused the environmental disaster of the century in Russia

The sinking of two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea is starting to cost Russia dearly.

Kahden venäläisen öljytankkerin uppoaminen Mustallamerellä alkaa koitua kalliiksi Venäjälle.

Venäjän tankkerit vaikeuksissa – Kreml käyttää yli miljardin vahingontorjuntaan

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Finland

Russian tankers in trouble – Kremlin spends over a billion on damage control

Environmental engineering students meet with representatives of the district of Lobitos, after the disaster against the sea by which OEFA fined Petroperú more than $51,635.

Estudiantes de ingeniería ambiental se reúnen con representantes del distrito de Lobitos, tras el desastre contra el mar por el que la OEFA multó a Petroperú por más 51.635 dólares.

Alumnos de la UNI darán apoyo técnico a Piura tras derrame de petróleo

La República

Lima

Callao Region

Peru

UNI students will provide technical support to Piura after oil spill

Any danger of the oil reaching Bulgaria is speculation, the tourism minister said. The post Bulgarian government tries to calm fears аfter Black Sea oil spill appeared first on Euractiv.

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Belgium

Bulgarian government tries to calm fears аfter Black Sea oil spill

Up to 5000 tonnes of oil have leaked into the Kerch Strait, the body of water separating Russia from annexed Crimea, following the destruction of two oil tankers during severe storms last month, according to BBC Verify.Dramatic footage showed Russia’s Volgoneft-212 vessel split in two, before sinking, while another vessel, the Volgoneft-239 became shipwrecked, causing oil to spill into the Black Sea.Experts say the spill highlights the dangers p…

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Russian oil spill reveals how Putin’s ‘shadow fleet’ evades Western sanctions

Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December.

Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait

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