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The task force, which includes Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov, was set up after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on authorities to ramp up the response to the spill, ...

An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two ...

The Kerch Strait is an important global shipping route, providing passage from the inland Sea of Azov to the Black Sea and ...

An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two ...

Russia forms emergency taskforce as oil spill continues to grow in southern region - Emergency task force arrives to clean up ...

An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two ...

An oil spill in the Black Sea following the crash of two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait represents an unprecedented ...

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

An emergency task force led by Emergency Situations Minister Kurenkov arrived in Russia's Krasnodar region amid a worsening ...

Fuel oil that spilled from wrecked Russian tankers has spread into the Sea of Azov and reached the shores of Ukraine's partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region, a Moscow-installed official said ...

He estimates that the environmental damage will persist for at least 20–30 years, based on previous disasters like the 2007 Kerch Strait spill, whose effects are still visible today.