Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up ...

Oil from two damaged Russian tanker ships has been detected on beaches in annexed Crimea, Russian authorities ... sand in areas such as Anapa, a popular resort city. The Emergency Situations ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the incident an "ecological disaster" as officials and volunteers attempt to clean beaches contaminated with the heavy oil.

Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Republic of Crimea Vadim Volchenko stated in spring that the Crimean authorities planned to create a new tourism cluster named New Evpatoria in the west of ...