Kuban court orders payment of almost 50 billion rubles for fuel oil spill in Black Sea

The court granted the claim of Rosprirodnadzor against the owner and charterer of one of the tankers that sank in the Black Sea, the Volgoneft-212.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel wrote, for three weeks in a row, the authorities of Krasnodar Krai have been reporting the absence of new fuel oil emissions in Anapa. Volunteers have recorded an improvement in the situation in the village of Volna.

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Scientists from the Subtropical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, based on the results of a study of coastal waters affected by the fuel oil spill, reported a normalization of the concentration of oil products near Vityazevo, but noted a change in the chemical composition of macroalgae and the impact of fuel oil on the mussel population.

The Arbitration Court of Krasnodar Krai has satisfied the claim of Rosprirodnadzor to collect jointly from the shipowner and merchant charterer of the Volgoneft-212 tanker that sank near the Kerch Strait almost 50 billion rubles, Interfax reported.

"Collect jointly with Kamatransoil LLC and Kama Shipping LLC, the amount of damage caused to the water body in the amount of 49 billion 460 million 85 thousand 849 rubles, as well as 10 million rubles in state duty, to the budget of the Russian Federation," TASS quotes the judge as saying.

A state duty of 10 million rubles will also be collected, RIA Novosti clarified.

Earlier, the Interdistrict Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service No. 21 for Perm Krai filed a bankruptcy claim for the charterer of the Volgoneft-212 tanker, Kama Shipping LLC, RBC reported, citing data from the card index of the Arbitration Court of Perm Krai. According to the data, the claim was filed on July 1,

It should be noted that Rosprirodnadzor also filed a claim against Volgatransneft CJSC, the owner of another sunken tanker, Volgoneft-239. On May 30, the agency initiated legal proceedings due to the fact that the defendants did not voluntarily compensate for environmental damage. The claim for the sinking of Volgoneft-239 was filed for 35.5 billion rubles, the total amount of Rosprirodnadzor's claims is almost 84.9 billion rubles.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. As a result, a crew member of one of the tankers died. In addition, an oil spill occurred, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait".

As a result of the environmental disaster, Rospotrebnadzor recognized 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district as unsuitable for recreation. Fuel oil was found on all beaches of Anapa, on the coast in the Temryuk district and on the coast of the Sea of Azov in the Slavyansk district of Kuban, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The extent of fuel oil pollution in southern Russia".