Cleanup crews have since removed over 78,000 tons of oil-contaminated sand from the Kuban coast. On December 25, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev declared a regional state of emergency.

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea ... and separates Crimea’s Kerch Peninsula from Russia’s Krasnodar region. Rescue workers have now cleared more than ...

KRASNODAR, December 17 ... "Groups from the regional detachment Kuban-Spas and the Russian Emergencies Ministry were sent to eliminate the consequences [of the oil spill], and I am grateful ...