Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up ...

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes ...

Heavy fuel oil has been washing up on hundreds of kilometers of beaches along Russia’s southern coast since two aging Russian tankers were caught in a storm in the Kerch Strait on Dec. 15. Russians in ...

MOSCOW, Russia — Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, officials said, despite concerns about the toxic pollution.

But hours later the task force said an overnight storm had "brought new fragments of fuel oil to the coastline of Anapa." Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the spill one of the "most ...

Anapa Officials said the festivities went ahead on the city’s beach, despite the entire area being contaminated by an ongoing major oil spill. Heavy fuel oil has been washing up on hundreds of ...

In the Russian city of Anapa, officials said that the ritual would be held at its traditional place on the Black Sea, despite the thousands of tons of oil that fell into the nearby Kerch Strait on ...

Emergency teams were continuing to clean up a massive oil spill staining the Kerch Strait in Russia. Footage shows excavators ...

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

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said Sunday that over 96,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil had been removed by officials and volunteers along the shoreline of the Krasnodar region’s Anapa ...

In the Russian city of Anapa, officials said the ritual would be held at its traditional place on the Black Sea, despite the thousands of tons of oil that fell into the nearby Kerch Strait on ...