A large oil slick formed in the Black Sea after a tanker fire. In Kras...

A large oil slick formed in the Black Sea after a tanker fire. A state of heightened readiness has been declared in Krasnodar Krai

On October 6, the Aframax Rio oil tanker caught fire off the coast of Sochi following a Ukrainian drone attack. According to reports from Greenpeace environmentalists, an oil slick covering about 25 square kilometers formed in the Black Sea.

The pollution also spread as far as Anapa, the Clear World environmental project reported based on an analysis of satellite images. Against this backdrop, a state of heightened readiness was declared in Krasnodar Krai due to a “possible petroleum product spill.”

💜Earlier, Verstka explained why emergencies keep recurring in Russia—from oily rain in Tuapse to abnormal snowfall in Kamchatka—and why the authorities are systematically unprepared for them.

Why snowfall and forest fires catch everyone off guard, and why cleaning beaches becomes the work of volunteers rather than government agencies.

Verstka spoke with experts and found that the problem lies not only in the weather but also in how regional government is organized—from governors’ KPIs to a lack of funding and preventive measures.

Three reasons why Russia’s regions are doomed to disasters — in an episode on Verstka’s YouTube channel!

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