OREANDA-NEWS  More than 90% of the fuel oil has been removed from Anapa's beaches, and they will be open by June 1, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Saveliev said on Friday.

"The latest Rospotrebnadzor tests have confirmed the safety of eight pebble beaches. The territory from the village of Bolshoy Utrish to the High Bank is officially excluded from the emergency zone. More than 90% of the fuel oil has been removed, and the water is usable. And I think everything will be according to plan, and we will open the beaches to our citizens by June 1 of this year," he said on the Vesti program following a meeting of the government commission for emergency response.

On December 15, 2024, fuel oil tankers Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 crashed in the Kerch Strait, resulting in a fuel spill. Some of the fuel oil washed up on the coast in the area of Anapa resort and its suburbs, 54 km of coastline were polluted. In 2025, Rospotrebnadzor did not allow the use of 141 beaches around Anapa and 9 in the Temryuk district.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said on February 4 that the beaches of Anapa, despite the huge cleaning work, are not yet ready to open for children's recreation, but the situation may change by the beginning of the summer season.

On March 19, Krasnodar Territory Governor Veniamin Kondratiev announced that eight pebble beaches in Anapa from the village of Bolshoy Utrish to the "High Shore" would be excluded from the danger zone and, if sanitary standards were met, water and soil samples would be opened for the holiday season.