There are fears for the environmental consequences of the 20,000-tonne diesel oil spill at a power plant near Norilsk, in the Krasnoyarsk region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency in Norilsk, a Siberian city within the Arctic circle, after 20,000 tons of fuel spilled into a nearby river from a power ...

The government of Russia's Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk has lifted the state of emergency in the Arctic city of Norilsk that was imposed in late May last year following a massive diesel spill.

According to Russian media, the liquidation team has already cleaned about 53,000 cubic feet of soil at the site of the diesel fuel spill in Norilsk and pumped out 201 tons of fuel. More than 130 ...

Two weeks ago, a diesel reservoir failed at a power plant outside Norilsk, Russia’s northernmost city, causing 21,000 tonnes of fuel to outflow into two rivers. It was the Arctic’s worst-ever ...

This photo released by European Space Agency captured on May 31, by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows the extent of the oil spill, in red, near a power plant in the Siberian city of Norilsk ...

The Siberian city of Norilsk has entered a state of emergency after a power plant leaked 20,000 tons of oil into surrounding rivers on May 29, 2020.; The chief operating officer of the plant said ...

On May 29th, the fuel tank at a power plant near the Siberian city of Norilsk, Russia collapsed spilling 20,000 tons of oil into River Ambarnaya inside the Arctic Circle, turning it crimson red, ...

This handout photo provided by Vasiliy Ryabinin shows oil spill outside Norilsk, 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 29, 2020. Russian authorities have charged ...

It was the largest oil spill in Arctic history. Although Norilsk Nickel maintains that no diesel fuel made it to the Arctic Ocean, the Russian government’s fisheries science agency told Inside ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency in Norilsk, a Siberian city within the Arctic circle, after 20,000 tons of fuel spilled into a nearby river from a power ...