The Insider: An estimated 13,500 birds died on the coast of Russia’s Krasnodar Territory after the wreck of two Volgoneft tankers in December 2024, according to environmental lawyer Natalya Lisitsyna, who cited this data from the case file of the Commercial Court of Krasnodar Territory. The court ordered the owners and the charterer of the tankers to pay 34.25 billion rubles ($423 million) over harm caused to wildlife and their habitat. Taking into account two previous rulings, the total court-ordered damages for the consequences of the manmade disaster are estimated to have reached 119.2 billion rubles ($1.47 billion),
