Oil smuggling remains highly profitable despite sanctions on Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, which together produce about 16 ...

Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.

spilling 2,500 to 4,500 tons of fuel oil into the Black Sea, according to Greenpeace. An estimated 40 miles of Krasnodar’s coastline has been affected, with the oil also washing up across the ...