Russian Government Estimates Black Sea Oil Spill Damage at $1B

Rosprirodonador completed an assessment of the damage caused by the fuel oil spill in the Black Sea in December 2024 — it was estimated at 84.943 billion rubles...

Billions in fines: Rostransnadzor found those responsible for the collapse of tankers in the Black Sea: EADaily

EADaily, April 4th, 2025. Rostransnadzor, together with experts from the Ministry of Transport and Rosmorrechflot, came to the conclusion that the captains and owners of vessels are to blame for the collapse of tankers near the Kerch Strait and the spill of thousands of tons of fuel oil into the Black Sea.

Russian Government Estimates Black Sea Oil Spill Damage at $1B

Russia’s recent oil spill off the Black Sea coast has caused an estimated 84.9 billion rubles ($1 billion) in environmental damage, the government environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor said Friday.

Today, the Russian authorities estimated the damage from the oil spill caused by the sinking of two oil tankers between Russia and Crimea in mid-December at around 900 million euros, which caused enormous pollution.

Russia puts cost of Black Sea oil spill at almost $1 bn

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday put the cost of a massive Black Sea oil spill in December from two tankers at almost $1 billion, which it is attempting to claim back from the ships' owners. The head of Russia's environmental watchdog, Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova, told a government meeting on the clean-up that the "total sum presented to the polluting companies is 84.9 billion rubles ($998 million)". The ships' owners have a month to pay up volu…

Russia seeks $1bn in compensation from shipowners for oil spill

Two small tankers broke up during fierce weather in Kerch Strait