A fundraising campaign has been launched for volunteers in Tuapse.

The leader of the unregistered "Rassvet" party has initiated a fundraiser for volunteers who continue to clean up oil spills along the coastline in Tuapse.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," most of the non-beach areas in the Tuapse District remain contaminated with oil spills. Volunteers, after receiving permission from authorities, intend to resume cleanup efforts from Tuapse to Agoy, reported environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko. On June 18, he published photographs of this part of the coastline: the images show rocks covered in oil products, trash, oil recovery booms in a pile, and bags of contaminated soil that have not been removed.

Ekaterina Duntsova* organized a fundraiser for volunteers who continue to clean up the shoreline of oil spilled oil and help animals affected by the spill.

The fundraising goal is 30,000 rubles; these funds will allegedly be used to purchase necessary equipment for the volunteers. By the evening of June 22, more than two-thirds of the total, 22,000 rubles, had been raised, according to "Horizontal Russia 7x7"*.

Duntsova* herself published information about the fundraiser on June 19. That same day, she posted her reportage film on YouTube, titled "Rivers of Oil and Acid Rain: Tuapse After Drone Attacks. What Was That?"

“We continue to support independent volunteers. Today, they still need equipment, boats, and utility bills, which have grown to significant amounts after receiving caring people from across the country,” reads a post on her Telegram channel.

Duntsova’s* 14-minute video about Tuapse was viewed by 1,694 users in three days, with 169 of them clicking the “like” button. One of the participants in the filming, ecologist Igor Shkradyuk, notes in the video that Rosneft, the company that owns the polluted area, “has not shown any signs of involvement,” and local authorities are taking measures to clean up the mess to the best of their ability and understanding.

As of 2:15 a.m. Moscow time today, 39 comments have been posted under the video. The authors of at least three of them accuse the reporter of spreading false information, claiming that there is "nothing so terrible" in Tuapse.

* are listed as foreign agents.

** Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.