MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Russia has tightened ecological control over the Russian part of the Baltic Sea, the Russian environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor deputy head Oleg Mitvol told Interfax on Sunday.

MOSCOW. Nov 20 (Interfax) - Russian environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor has sent its findings regarding the amount of the damage to the environment from a wreck of an oil tanker in the Kerch Strait to the Prosecutor General's Office, Rosprirodnadzor deputy chief Oleg Mitvol told Interfax.

The deputy head of the Russian Federal Service for Regulation of the Use of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor), Oleg Mitvol, has accused Ukrainian officials of obstructing Russia's efforts to clean up a fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait.

MOSCOW. Nov 15 (Interfax) - Oleg Mitvol, the deputy head of Russian environmental protection watchdog Rosprirodnadzor, has urged Ukraine to put aside the political aspect and accept the plan proposed by Russia in dealing with the aftermath of the environmental disaster in the Kerch Strait.

MOSCOW - A Russian oil tanker broke in two in a storm in the Black Sea Sunday, spilling some 2,200 tons of fuel oil into the Kerch Strait and posing a serious environmental problem, officials said. The tanker, Volganeft-139, broke about 3 miles from the shore.