New palm oil emissions have been spotted in the Temryuk district amid government silence.

Volunteers discovered new palm oil spills in the village of Volna. Authorities in the Temryuk district concealed the leakage of 4,000 tons of palm oil into the Black Sea.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," volunteers from the "Dolphins" headquarters reported back in late February that the shore in the village of Volna was polluted by palm oil spills. At the end of May, fresh fuel oil spills were also discovered on the beach in Volna: in one day, volunteers cleaned the beach, collecting over 200 bags of fuel oil-sand mixture. Volunteers are quickly cleaning up localized fuel oil spills on the coast in the Temryuk district, but large volumes of palm oil and petroleum products released into the sea create a toxic mixture that seriously threatens the environment.

New palm oil spills discovered in the Temryuk district

After a storm, the sea again washed up chunks of palm oil. The wave also washed away some of the previously collected bags prepared by EFKO employees, the Dolphins volunteer headquarters reported today.

"A work problem has arisen: the pollution was collected in plastic bags, and now after the washout it is unclear how to remove them safely - without damaging the bags and spreading the contents back along the shore. Now it is important to inspect the area, assess the condition of the bags and organize further removal. After each storm, the shore has to be checked again. The sea again shows that this work requires constant monitoring," the volunteers write.

The day before, they reported that 606 bags of palm fat were collected in the village of Volna over the past week; 54 bags of fuel oil mixture; 9 bags of garbage.

Authorities concealed the spillage of 4 tons of palm oil into the sea

Authorities in the Temryuk district concealed the spillage of 4,000 tons of palm oil into the Black Sea for two months.

This is the same oil that has been washing up on the coast since mid-February, and volunteers are cleaning it up, writes environmentalist Zhora Kavanosyan.

The head of the Temryuk district, Fyodor Babenkov, received a notice from the prosecutor's office for inaction during the palm oil spills on the coast of the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar region, the portal "Gorod" writes.

On April 10, State Duma deputy from "A Just Russia" Dmitry Gusev sent a request to the prosecutor's office at the request of district residents. "Numerous alarming appeals from volunteer organizations and local residents of the Temryuk District have been published in the media and on social media. They indicate systematic pollution of the coastline, including the shoreline and waters of the Kerch Strait up to the Crimean Bridge, with substances identified as palm oil and fatty mixtures. According to widely available photos and videos, these substances are forming large, dense deposits on the shore. These deposits cause irreparable harm to local ecosystems, create a dangerous, unsanitary environment, and completely block the normal use of the coastal zone," he wrote in his request.

The deputy received an official response from the prosecutor's office, signed by Alexander Trukhin, acting prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory. It is dated May 26.

"It has been established that on February 15, 2026, a fire occurred on the premises of EFKO LLC and the infrastructure facilities of Food Ingredients LLC, located in the Taman seaport. The fire covered an area of ​​1,500 square meters and destroyed the company's production and storage facilities. As a result of these events, 4,000 tons of vegetable oils (palm oil) spilled onto the coast and into the waters of the Taman seaport. The contaminated shoreline was 1 km long, 5 to 10 meters wide, and up to 70 cm thick. Due to heavy sea conditions at the time of the spill, the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Morsalzluzhba" and the ECOSPAS PASF did not undertake cleanup measures in the waters of the Taman seaport. "Subsequently, palm oil fractions washed up on the coast," a prosecutor's office representative reported in their response.

He added that on April 13, 2026, the Temryuk District Prosecutor's Office issued a notice to the head of the district to eliminate legal violations due to the failure to eliminate the sources of pollution on the Black Sea coast. The notice was reviewed and upheld. The local government has organized shoreline monitoring and oversight of work in the area to clean up the aftermath of the vegetable oil spill. An information letter has also been sent to Food Ingredients LLC regarding measures to expedite the process of cleaning up the coastline from vegetable oil," the official response stated.