Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Proekt itself points out that Putin had already given up his traditional long vacation on the Black Sea in May of that year. In the past, according to reporting by Russian media critical of the ...

And yet few international travelers make the journey to, much less know anything about, Turkey’s Black Sea region, or Karadeniz. Editor’s Note — This CNN Travel series is, or was ...