INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
my colleagues, we discussed the situation, and by the decision of the leader [President Vladimir Putin], it will be assigned the status of a
Emergency Situations Minister, Alexander Kurenkov, convened an emergency commission to formalize the decision, allowing federal funds to be
allocated to address the aftermath of the oil spill.The decision comes a day after the southern Krasnodar region declared a regional state
of emergency amid muddled cleanup efforts by local authorities
Residents have criticized the operation, citing insufficient personnel and equipment for the unfolding environmental disaster.The spill,
15, was caused when two Russian-flagged oil tankers were damaged during a storm, releasing thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil, known as
mazut, into the Black Sea
Emergency officials reported on Monday that approximately 55 kilometers (34 miles) of coastline have been polluted.Viktor Danilov-Danilyan,
to 1996, said Wednesday that at least 200,000 tons of soil had been contaminated with fuel oil along the Black Sea coast following the
It will need to be cleaned a second, or third time
While the bags wait to finally be collected, storms arrive, and they end up back in the sea
authorization.AFP contributed reporting.
