Krasnodar Region to allocate 1.2 billion rubles to eliminate the consequences of the emergency in Anapa

Krasnodar Region will allocate 1.2 billion rubles from its budget to eliminate the consequences of the fuel oil spill in Anapa. This was reported on December 24 in the press service of the administration of the Krasnodar region.

"These funds are needed to provide everything necessary for the elimination of the emergency, which arose due to the spill of oil products in the Kerch Strait," - noted in the Telegram-channel.

The corresponding decree was signed by the Governor of the Krasnodar region Veniamin Kondratiev. It is noted that in 2024 will allocate 400 million rubles, and in 2025 - another 800 million rubles.

The funds will be used for the removal of contaminated soil and its subsequent disposal with decontamination at specialized enterprises.

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On the same day it became known that rescuers and volunteers collected more than 21 thousand tons of fuel oil-contaminated soil on the coast of the Kuban and Crimea. In the Krasnodar region was cleaned more than 24 thousand square meters of water area. Specialists collected 25 tons of oily liquid and installed 200 meters of booms.

The tankers Volgoneft-212 andVolgoneft-239crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15 due to bad weather. As a result of the incident there was a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels. It was specified that one person died.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, created a working group to coordinate work to eliminate the consequences of the accident with tankers in the Kerch Strait.