WorldOil on the beaches, drone attacks and fuel shortages: Why do Russians still vacation on the Black Sea coast?
Russia’s Black Sea summer holiday season is facing danger for the second year in a row. In 2025, authorities in Anapa prohibited swimming and sunbathing after two fuel tankers were wrecked, causing an environmental disaster along the coast. The restrictions were lifted in 2026, but petroleum products again reached the sea after a Ukrainian drone strike on the Tuapse oil refinery. Reporters traveled to Krasnodar Krai to examine how the region is dealing with escalating attacks and the disaster’s aftermath.
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Oil on the beaches, drone attacks and fuel shortages: Why do Russians still vacation on the Black Sea coast?
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