The Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources has demanded over 34 billion rubles from the owners of the sunken tankers.
The Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources has filed a lawsuit demanding that the owners and charterers of tankers that sank in the Black Sea pay over 34 billion rubles for environmental damage and losses to the regional budget. This latest lawsuit was filed by officials amid volunteers' dissatisfaction with the authorities' role in the fuel oil cleanup.