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Environmental Catastrophe on Russia's Black Sea Coast: The Consequences of Internal Policies
Weeks after Ukraine's drone attacks on Russian oil infrastructure in April 2025, the Black Sea coast faces one of modern history's worst environmental disasters, with oil spills, mass wildlife deaths, and a slow government response. The crisis raises questions about wartime environmental destruction, as activists debate the justification of such attacks while structural causes like deregulation and dismantled environmental protections are overlooked. Russian authorities focus more on silencing critics and reopening beaches than addressing the disaster's scale, highlighting deeper issues in international law and imperial patterns of exploitation.