South Federal District

April 27, 2026 08:56

• Incidents in Tuapse have raised doubts about the readiness of Kuban resorts for the tourist season.

  The oil spill and the aftermath of the "oil rain" in Tuapse have worsened the environmental disaster in Kuban, caused by the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait. Local residents are skeptical about the prospects for the holiday season.

April 27, 2026 06:59

• A soldier from Kamyshin was killed in a military operation.

  Serhiy Zaporozhskiy was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,767 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

April 27, 2026 05:49

• A tanker was arrested in Novorossiysk for an oil spill.

  At the request of Rosprirodnadzor, the tanker Hanuman was seized at the port of Novorossiysk. The damage from the oil spill is estimated at 40 million rubles.

April 27, 2026 04:50

• Scientists have assessed the prospects for the Black Sea coast following pollution in Tuapse.

  The oil spill that entered the Black Sea following the drone attack in Tuapse is expanding, and the environmental outlook for the coast is bleak, as are the prospects for the holiday season.

April 27, 2026 02:50

• Tuapse residents spoke about the environmental situation on the coast.

  Despite government claims that the oil spill in Tuapse was localized, local residents claim that the fuel oil spill spread over a large area, and that volunteers are primarily cleaning it up. The consequences of the incident would have been less severe if the response had been more immediate.

April 26, 2026 23:50

• Social media users disagreed with the authorities' assessment of the scale of the Tuapse spill.

  Authorities consider the spills "local," but the oil products have already spread to nearby villages beyond Tuapse. In the village of Tyumensky, for example, residents have organized a coastal cleanup and are calling on volunteers to help.

April 26, 2026 22:50

• A mobilized soldier from the Rostov region was killed in a military operation.

  Alexander Yezhikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 887 soldiers from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.

April 26, 2026 19:49

• Volunteers reported cleaning up fuel oil in Anapa amid sand-filled beaches.

  Despite the decision to cover the beaches in Anapa with sand, fuel oil remains on the beaches and must be removed, volunteers stated, reporting the removal of a ton of fuel oil in one day.

April 26, 2026 18:50

• The Patriarch did not attend the church foundation ceremony in the Yubileiny microdistrict.

  Security forces were deployed to Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment this morning, where local residents are protesting the construction of a church. Patriarch Kirill's visit, scheduled to lay the cathedral's foundation stone, was cancelled.

April 26, 2026 16:50

• A participant in a dance performed against the backdrop of a cathedral in Rostov-on-Don apologized.

  Law enforcement officials filed an administrative citation against two sisters, one of whom is a minor, for a video of them dancing in front of a cathedral in Rostov-on-Don. The older sister apologized to the police and admitted her guilt.

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