A blogger reported small pieces of fuel oil on the shore.
The sea has exposed chunks of previously washed-up fuel oil on the shore in Anapa, a blogger reported.
As "Caucasian Knot" reported, the beach lessee in the village of Vityazevo has begun adding a new layer of sand from quarries to a test site. This restoration experiment could subsequently be extended to other beaches in the emergency zone. Ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko believes that such actions simply conceal the problem, but do not solve it. Representatives of Rospotrebnadzor took samples from Miracleon Beach in Vityazevo, which is being replenished with new sand, including samples of the imported sand itself. Telegram users emphasized that the research results, as before, are unlikely to be made public.
The prospects for the 2026 summer tourist season in Anapa remain unclear: on February 4, Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova stated that the beaches of Anapa and the Temryuk district are still unsuitable for recreation following the fuel oil spill. Although she did not rule out that the situation could change by the start of the summer season, some bloggers believe that the official's words "put an end to the 2026 season." On February 15, social media users considered that the timeframe proposed by Rospotrebnadzor for reopening Anapa's beaches is unrealistic.
After the storm, the sea "dug a little" into the shores. "Before Zhemchuzhina, there are small pieces of old fuel oil washed up by the waves in places," blogger Yuri Ozarovsky reported today on his Telegram channel. "Nothing critical—I'm sure the Ministry of Emergency Situations will quickly restore order," he opined.
Otherwise, everything is very good: there is no trash, the sea is throwing up only seaweed and shells, the blogger noted.
As a reminder, water samples taken in February from Anapa beaches by blogger Max Anapsky showed compliance with standards. He called on Rospotrebnadzor to show test results to substantiate the claim that the beaches were unready for the season, and commentators supported him.
As a reminder, on April 18, 2025, Rospotrebnadzor 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. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".
Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the Caucasian Knot on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".
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