In Sevastopol introduced a federal regime because of the emergency with the crash of the tanker

The federal emergency regime has been introduced in Sevastopol in connection with the wreck of a tanker in the Kerch Strait. This was reported in the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry on January 24.

"On the appeal of the Governor of the subject of the Russian Federation Mikhail Razvozhayev Pravkomissiya recognized the city as the territory of the emergency of federal character, caused by the wreck of tankers in the Kerch Strait, which has already affected the territories of the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Crimea", - stated in the message of the Department in Telegram-channel.

It is noted that such a decision will help to attract additional forces and funds of federal executive authorities, state corporations, as well as to provide the necessary financial assistance from the reserve fund of the Russian Government.

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Earlier in the day, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation Alexander Kozlov during a field meeting of the governmental commission on liquidation of the consequences of the incident said that the beaches of the Black Sea resorts after the accident with tankers in the Kerch Strait will be brought to a normal condition by the summer season.

On the same day, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported that Rospotrebnadzor will conduct a preliminary assessment of compliance with sanitary norms by March 1 of the beaches affected by the spillage of fuel oil after the crash of tankers in the Kerch Strait

The day before, the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources said that the Russian government will allocate 1.5 billion rubles to reimburse the costs of liquidation of the consequences of the wreck of tankers in the Black Sea. According to Kozlov, three priority deposits of quartz sand near Anapa have already been identified, from where the resource will be taken to restore beaches after their cleaning.

Tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239" due to bad weather crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024. The incident resulted in a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels, one person died. On the instructions of the Russian President, a working group was created to coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency. The regional emergency regime in Sevastopol was introduced on January 4.