On behalf of the Governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, the State Committee for Environmental Supervision organized large-scale monitoring of the coast of the Gulf of Finland. On the morning of Sunday, April 5, the committee’s specialists discovered a local accumulation of petroleum products on the coast near the village of Logi in the Kingsip region. This was reported by the press service of the regional administration.
– Measures are currently being taken to localize and eliminate pollution. It is also planned in the near future to conclude an agreement with a specialized organization that will have its own fleet for the immediate elimination of potential environmental threats in the future. The press service noted that the Governor of the Leningrad Region decided to allocate funds for this work from the Governor’s Reserve Fund.
Currently, the focus has been on the pollution, its expansion has stopped, and it does not pose a threat to neighboring areas, according to reports.Petersburg memoirs».
On March 27, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev said that more than 90 percent of fuel oil had been removed from Anapa’s beaches, that the water was safe for use, and by June 1 it would be available to visitors.