{"id":2498,"date":"2025-01-28T09:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T09:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-storm-a-spill-and-a-disaster-for-the-black-seas-beaches\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T09:11:56","slug":"a-storm-a-spill-and-a-disaster-for-the-black-seas-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-storm-a-spill-and-a-disaster-for-the-black-seas-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"A Storm, a Spill and a Disaster for the Black Sea\u2019s Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When a 28-year-old volunteer named Nikolai stepped onto a sandy beach on Russia\u2019s Black Sea coast in a hazmat suit just before New Year\u2019s Eve, he was so overwhelmed by the amount of thick oil film that he almost broke down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He and other volunteers were tasked with shoveling away the oil-drenched sand, but \u201cthe scale is just too big,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two weeks into the new year, and four weeks after the spill, President Vladimir V. Putin acknowledged the extent of the disaster and dispatched senior officials to deal with Russia\u2019s largest oil spill in years, which has befouled some of the country\u2019s most popular beaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The oil was released by two aging Russian tankers that were damaged during a heavy storm in the Kerch Strait on Dec. 15. At least 2,400 metric tons of oil spewed into the sea, Russian officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The disaster in the strait, which separates the Crimean Peninsula from Russia, raised questions about whether the vessels were part of the so-called <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/28\/world\/europe\/russia-ship-shadow-fleet-finland.html\" title=\"\">shadow fleet<\/a> that Moscow uses to evade sanctions on its oil industry, sometimes employing ships in shoddy conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the vessels, the Volgoneft-212, split in half and sank, killing one crew member. The other, the Volgoneft-239, ran aground near the port of Taman. The two vessels were loaded with a total of 9,000 tons of heavy fuel oil, and the authorities are now working not only to clean up the shores, but also to try to contain additional spills from the ship that ran aground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">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\u2019s Black Sea coast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Sunday, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"http:\/\/government.ru\/news\/54055\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the government said<\/a> it was allocating another 1.5 billion rubles (about $15.3 million) to the cleanup effort, drawing the money from its reserve fund. Three days earlier Mr. Putin ordered a report on the condition of Russia\u2019s tanker fleet, and also asked a deputy prime minister to review Russian legislation covering oil shipments by sea and river and to look into the \u201cscientific advances on the cleanup of similar disasters,\u201d his press office said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last week, the Ukrainian Navy warned that oil from the spill could reach Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea coast near Odesa and Mykolaiv, but Ukraine\u2019s Environmental Ministry said a day later that it saw no immediate threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nikolai was among hundreds of volunteers who have lent a hand to the cleanup. A Moscow entrepreneur, he had viewed information from photographs and videos posted by local residents and officials, and traveled to the resort town of Anapa as the new year approached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a phone interview with The New York Times after he returned home, he said he had spent a week shoveling away the oil that was washing onto the shore. He asked that his surname not be used because he fears he might lose out on state contracts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Individuals and businesses chipped in to provide some volunteers with hazmat suits and some basic equipment, but the task was daunting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI had seen the photos before I arrived,\u201d Nikolai said. \u201cYes, it looked bad \u2014 but it\u2019s different when you see it in real life. You take the shovel and scoop out that black blob of oil, and it feels like just a drop in the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The air along the coast was so heavy with oil fumes, Nikolai said, that he felt dizzy and weak after walking there without a respirator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cleanup teams have been responding to oil spills along a coastline of almost 500 miles, collecting over 160,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil as well as 25 tons of \u201coil-containing liquid,\u201d Russia\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/mchs.gov.ru\/deyatelnost\/press-centr\/novosti\/5439648\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Emergency Situations Ministry said<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the spill risks becoming a \u201clong-term environmental disaster,\u201d according to Greenpeace Ukraine, which criticized the slow Russian response and warned of a deadly impact on Black Sea marine life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Environmentalists say the spill is particularly difficult to clean up because of the tankers\u2019 cargo. Heavy fuel oil, unlike ordinary regular crude oil, does not stay on the surface of the water, but instead sinks to the bottom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf it is not promptly removed from the surface, it remains to wait until it is biodegraded by marine microorganisms,\u201d said Natalia Gozak, the office director of Greenpeace Ukraine. \u201cThis can take decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lack of an immediate response means that large masses of contaminated sand need to be scooped out, essentially gutting the portions of the beaches around Anapa, according to Georgy Kavanosyan, an independent Russian environmentalist and hydrogeologist who arrived at the scene two days after the spill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe oil started sinking down into the sand in the initial days because there were not enough responders there,\u201d Mr. Kavanosyan said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Satellite <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/ecozhora\/4335\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">images<\/a> published by Mr. Kavanosyan showed two elongated stains near the tanker that ran aground, indicating new oil spills from it after two minor earthquakes in the area over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThat vessel is a ticking bomb,\u201d he said. \u201cThe most important thing right now is to pump out that oil and extract the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials reported that they had collected most of the oil from that spill by last Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Mr. Putin finally spoke out about the disaster, he described it as \u201cone of the most serious environmental challenges we have faced in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Putin ordered senior officials dispatched to oversee the efforts. A task force set up this month brought in several ministers to make plans for the cleanup and reconstruction, as well as for removing the tankers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The oil spill\u2019s longer-term effect on wildlife remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least 58 dead dolphins have been found so far, the Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/delfacenter\/261\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> on Saturday. The group sent a team out to the sea last Friday to reach the sunken tanker and confirm reports that the oil was still seeping out from it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cContamination was along the entire route,\u201d it said. \u201cJust five kilometers from the shore, common bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises were swimming in oil film and small fractions of fuel oil, to our great regret and alarm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least 6,000 oil-smeared birds have been caught and cleaned by volunteers, but many are unlikely to survive, experts said. The spills are likely to kill tens of thousands of local birds, according to Greenpeace Ukraine. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian oil companies have increasingly turned to using dilapidated tankers that are not regulated or insured by Western companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and other Ukrainian officials have suggested the two 50-year-old tankers were part of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet, which emerged after Western nation moved to punish Moscow economically over the invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Elisabeth Braw, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council who has written several articles on the shadow fleet, said the ships were \u201crickety old tankers\u201d that lacked several characteristics of shadow fleet vessels, which typically operate in the Baltic Sea and sail under the flags of other countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both tankers involved in the spills are Russian-owned, and one of them had its license suspended and should not have been allowed to sail, according to the state-owned RIA Novosti news agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Questions were also raised about why the tankers, originally built for river navigation, were allowed at sea in winter storms in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Cassandra Vinograd<!-- --> contributed reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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