Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.

MOSCOW, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have detected seven new slicks, a Russian official told the TASS state news agency on Friday ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have detected seven new slicks, a Russian official told the TASS state news agency on Friday, as authorities ...

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches ... but with much of the oil underwater, it is difficult to determine. While the spill is not as large as some more-notorious incidents ...

following the appearance of a 'smelly black tar' on the sands. The pollution incident, which sparked fears of a marine oil spill, prompted coastguards to initiate a beach clean-up and investigation.

as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month. Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russia-installed governor of ...

as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month. Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russia-installed governor of ...

Any danger of the oil reaching Bulgaria is speculation, the tourism minister said. SOFIA - Following a significant oil spill in the Kerch ... of it reaching Bulgarian Black Sea waters.