23:45, 19 January 2026

A blogger from Anapa waited six months for a petition to be published about closed beaches.

A petition demanding the opening of pebble beaches in Anapa was published six months after it was posted. To ensure its publication, its title had to be changed, reported Max Anapsky.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," Anapa will be ready to welcome tourists in 2026, stated Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev, announcing the waiver of the tourist tax for the year. Summer bookings are extremely low, according to hoteliers. Blogger Yuri Ozarovsky recorded a video message before his direct line with Putin, asking for permission to open Anapa's beaches in 2026, assuring that there are virtually no traces of fuel oil in the sea or on the shore. However, questions from Anapa were not heard during the direct line.

Blogger Max Anapsky reported today on his Telegram channel that he sent a petition to the Russian public initiatives website on July 6, 2025, to open pebble beaches. "A few months later, they told me to change it. I changed the petition title to 'publish the results of the sea samples,' and just six months later, it was accepted," he said.

"This is about making petitions on our website, not a foreign one," he noted.

"A socioeconomic crisis is brewing in Anapa due to the closure of beaches and the disastrous summer season. Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) must publish the results of oil product tests in the Black Sea in Anapa in accordance with Article 8 of Federal Law No. 52-FZ of March 30, 1999 (as amended on December 26, 2024)," he stated in the petition.

As justification for his demand, he cited the fact that there have been no emissions on the pebble beaches "virtually since the disaster." "And they are extremely unlikely, since they are protected by a bay in the area of the central beach. Moreover, the main current of the Black Sea is counterclockwise from the site of the tanker wreck towards Crimea." According to the blogger, a seawater sample in May at Vysoky Bereg beach showed a minimum level of oil products, namely 0.012 mg/dm3, with the maximum permissible concentration of oil products in seawater being 0.3 mg/dm3. At the same time, the beach itself has been operating as usual since the beginning of summer. "There are lifeguards, sun loungers, a toilet, a shower, and a cafe. Many vacationers visit it daily, and no complaints have been received," he noted. He also claims that no pollution of the seabed has been detected in this area. "The sea contains fish, crabs, hermit crabs, and jellyfish, and the seaweed on the bottom is clean," the petition states.

"Publishing the results of the sea's oil product tests is necessary so that citizens understand that not everything is so bad, so that local residents have hope for the next season," he stated.

Judging by a screenshot published on the blogger's Telegram channel, the petition was originally titled "Open Anapa's pebble beaches! Save the resort!" It was submitted for review on July 6, with a deadline of September 5, 2020.

This post received 16 comments, only two of which addressed the topic of the post. "Should we vote for the petition?" asked Larisa. "There's no point. Until they finish with the tankers, the beaches won't open," the blogger replied.

By 11:45 PM Moscow time, two people had signed the petition. To sign, you need to log in through the Unified Identification and Authentication System (USIA). "99,998 votes remain for the decision to be considered at the federal level," the petition reads.

On April 18, 2025, Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) declared 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk District unsuitable for recreation.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member of one of the tankers died as a result. Additionally, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait."

Experts estimate that the recovery of the Black Sea's biosystem following the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait will take between five and 10 years. Materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spill in the Krasnodar Territory have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/420079