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Articles with tag "Krasnodar"

Anapa to Reopen Beaches for Swimming on June 1 Following Oil Spill Cleanup

Swimming has been banned around the resort city of Anapa in the Krasnodar region since thousands of metric tons of heavy fuel oil, known as mazut, washed...

Krasnodar Region Declares Tuapse Oil Spill Cleanup Complete Following Ukrainian Drone Strikes

Tuapse has been under a state of emergency since late April, when successive waves of drone strikes sparked major fires at the Rosneft-operated oil refinery...
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Teen Arrested After Krasnodar Region School Shooting Leaves 2 Children Injured

The 16-year-old ninth-grader is accused of firing multiple non-lethal shots at students at School No. 1 in the town of Gulkevichi.
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Tuapse Port for the Fourth Time

Officials said a fire broke out at a marine terminal, but media reports suggested the damage may also extend to the local Rosneft oil refinery.
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opinion Vladimir Slivyak

The Kremlin Fiddles While Tuapse Burns

As oil fires rage and toxic slicks spread in the Black Sea, officials are downplaying what could become one of Russia’s worst environmental crises.
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Russian May Holiday Hotel Bookings Slump as Drone Attacks Hit Black Sea Tourism

Hotel reservations in the Krasnodar region, home to some of Russia’s most popular seaside resorts, have dropped 20.7% year-on-year for the May holidays...
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Skies Turn Black in Perm Region After Ukraine Reportedly Strikes Oil Pipeline Facility

Ukrainian media reports suggested that a Transneft oil pumping station was targeted in the attack in the Ural Mountains region.
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Authorities Order Evacuations Following Third Ukrainian Strike on Tuapse Refinery

In separate overnight attacks on the Belgorod region, at least three people were killed, regional officials said.
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Ukrainian Drone Attack on Tuapse Port Kills 1

The overnight strike is the second to damage the strategic oil export hub in less than a week.
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Smoke Plume Rises Above Krasnodar Oil Depot After Ukraine and Russia Trade Deadly Barrages

Authorities in Krasnodar said a woman and a teenage girl were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the port town of Tuapse.
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Drone Debris Kills Man in Village Near Novorossiysk

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted 69 Ukrainian drones across Russia between Monday night and Tuesday morning, including in the Krasnodar...
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Krasnodar Vice Governor Arrested on Fraud Charges

Investigators claim Andrei Korobka accepted $190,600 from a developer to illegally authorize residential construction on land designated for industrial...
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Ukraine Hits Major Oil Terminal in Southern Russia – Moscow

It is the latest strike on infrastructure critical to Moscow’s energy revenues since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has caused global oil prices to surge...
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Russian Government Aims to Reopen Black Sea Beaches by June After Oil Spill Cleanup

Swimming has been banned around the resort city of Anapa in the Krasnodar region since thousands of metric tons of heavy fuel oil, known as mazut, washed...
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Krasnodar Brings Back Analog Air Raid Sirens Amid Worsening Internet Disruptions

Krasnodar is among dozens of regions across Russia that have faced increasingly frequent and prolonged internet outages in recent weeks.
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Kremlin Slams ‘Irresponsible’ Ukrainian Drone Attacks on TurkStream and Blue Stream Compressor Stations

Gazprom said the Russian military intercepted 26 Ukrainian drones targeting its energy sites in the Krasnodar region this week.
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Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills 1 in Krasnodar Region

Krasnodar region Governor Venyamin Kondratyev said three apartment buildings in the regional capital were damaged in the attack.
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FSB Arrests Krasnodar Region Health Minister for Alleged Fraud

Yevgeny Filippov, who has served as Krasnodar’s health minister since 2013, is allegedly accused of using his post to illegally enrich himself and his...
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Ukrainian Drone Kills 1 in Attack on Krasnodar Region

Authorities said the afternoon attack targeted an agriculture company in the village of Novominskaya.
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Ukraine Hits Key Russian Oil Terminal After U.S. Warning

Ukraine’s General Staff has previously said the Sheskharis oil terminal supports Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.
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