The quality of sand brought to the beach has raised questions among Anapa residents.

The sand dumped on Miracleon Beach is fine and clay-like, Telegram users reported.

As reported by "Kavkazsky Uzel," the beach owner in the village of Vityazevo began adding a new layer of sand from quarries on a test site. This restoration project could subsequently be expanded to other beaches in the emergency zone, the Kuban task force reported on February 25. 40,000 cubic meters of sand have been delivered to the beach, and it has been poured in a layer approximately 70 centimeters thick, extending 70 meters from the sea.

The sand that was poured onto Miracleon Beach does not resemble the sand of the Anapa dunes, according to a reader's opinion on the Telegram channel "ChP Anapa." According to her, after walking along a wet section of the beach, she had to wash the clay off her shoes, and on the well-trodden paths in dry areas, the sand looks more like dust.

This message garnered 50 comments on the Telegram channel.

"Quarry sand is clayey, so it's different from what we're used to seeing on the beach," wrote Vadim.

"It also looked like regular river sand with dust, the author's description is accurate," agreed Svetlana.

"It's obvious the color is different. And the texture is completely different. Quartz sand is luxurious. And this one looks like it could be mixed with cement," commented Lemur.

"It's impossible to simply shake off your feet; I even had to wash this sand off my sneakers," noted Andrey Franchik.

The sand is fine, with a lot of lumpy clay, according to another user on Telegram. Thirty-one comments have been left under this post.

"The day before yesterday I was there and touched this sand. It's just awful – fine and clayey," wrote Anastasia amica. In her opinion, some of the clay and dust will "go away" after the rains, but it's still "not the right sand."

"Real sand for the beaches only needs to be brought from the sea," says Olga.

"The sea will level everything anyway—and the storm will carry away the fuel oil and the sea sand. Well, it's just a semblance of openness. Imagine, there's one open in Anapa—the excitement will be," says Zenya.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member from one of the tankers died. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

Fuel oil was detected on all beaches in Anapa, on the coast in the Temryuk district, and on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov in the Slavyansk district of Kuban, according to the Caucasian Knot report "The Extent of Fuel Oil Pollution in Southern Russia".

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the Caucasian Knot on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".