Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

The oil spill in the Black Sea, caused by damage to two Russian tankers in mid-December, also brought thousands of volunteers ...

Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for ...

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.

Rescue workers have successfully removed nearly 1,500 tons of oil from a stranded tanker involved in a significant oil spill ...

Pet owners have been warned to keep their dogs on leads after pollution hit Aberafan Beach, in Port Talbot, Wales.

Any danger of the oil reaching Bulgaria is speculation, the tourism minister said. SOFIA - Following a significant oil spill ...

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

The Russian government declared a federal emergency in response to the oil spill. Cleanup efforts have involved around 8,500 ...

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local ...

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

In the Black Sea, Russia is dealing with what experts in and outside Russia say might be the worst environmental disaster the country has seen this century. Thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil leaked ...