26 May 2021 10:20 GMT Updated 26 May 2021 10:20 GMT in Moscow
Rosneft has strongly denied that any of its regional subsidiaries are the source of an oil spill discovered in Russia s sector of the Black Sea this week.
Russia s largest oil producer was quick to release a statement denying culpability after oil was spotted on a beach near the port of Tuapse on 24 May.
The country’s environmental watchdog, Rosprirodnadzor, estimated the size of the polluted sea area at more than 1.1 square kilometres.
A brief investigation organised by the watchdog with the help of divers revealed that oil is seeping from a large-diameter pipe used by the city of Tuapse to dump sewage into the deep-water area of the Black Sea about 800 metres from shore.
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