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.

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

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

A 17-year-old university student died in the southern resort town of Anapa, with pro-Kremlin media reporting that he was ...

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil ...

Veniamin Kondratyev in his Telegram channel on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, rescuers and volunteers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in ...

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 Krasnodar region, the coastal line in Anapa and a remote area in the Utrish natural reserve have been examined from the air. An oil spill has been discovered off Vityazevo, 1.5 kilometers (0.8 ...

Senior Ukrainian official Mykhailo Podolyak revealed to The Independent a week after the attack that the assault was a “military tool of coercion to force Russia into the negotiation process”.

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in ... foul-smelling fuel oil from sandy beaches in and around Anapa, a summer resort. Environmental groups have reported deaths of dolphins, ...