Her principles Russia They were warning of beaches in pollution in the popular spa town, at Black Seain view of the summer tourist season, due to the oil spill caused by the two oil tankers in December.
The Rospotrebnadzor Health Service has found “non -compliance with the rules of public health and hygiene of sand and sea water samples” in the Black Sea Relt and other areas of the Krasnandar Region (southwest), which attracts many summer holidaymakers.
This recommendation may have serious consequences For the break, which has received a growing number of tourists in recent years, as citizens of the Russian Federation continue to face travel restrictions on the European Union after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, with the invasion of the Russian Armed Forces. The spa town welcomed some 5.5 million visitors in 2024.
On December 15, 2024, two obsolete Russian tankers carrying oil They were overthrown and wrecked in the storm in the strait of Kerch, between Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, resulting in a leaky of their cargo and causing huge infection in the Black Sea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted in December that it was For ‘ecological disaster’ and criticized the inadequate reaction of the local authorities.
The accident caused the leak of huge quantities of toxic funds on Russian beaches, and the authorities and volunteers rushed to collect tens of thousands of tons of contaminated sand and to draw funds that occurred in the tanks of one of the shipwrecks.
Infection also hit TThe Peninsula of Crimea, ordered by Russia from Urania in 2014, especially the port of Sevastopol, about 250 kilometers from the site of the disaster.
The Russian authorities estimated earlier this month that the oil spill damage was € 900 million.