Ukraine calls for compensation from Russia at $ 1.5 billion

Ukraine to assess damage from the spill of fuel oil from Russian vessels during a storm in the Kerch Strait November 11, 2007 nearly 1.5 billion dollars and will seek compensation. This decision was made today at a meeting of the State Commission on Technological and Environmental Safety and Emergency Preparedness, chaired by First Vice Prime Minister Alexander Turchinov.
“The Commission requested the line ministry to prepare an appeal to Russia to recover from the Russian ship owners for damages caused by Ukraine in the amount of 1 billion 427 thousand 940 dollars, as well as damage caused by land of the Crimean peninsula, in the amount of 88 million 334 thousand UAH “- said the press service of the first vice-premier.
Ministry of Transport, together with the Natural Resources Ministry, Emergencies Ministry and the Council of Ministers of Crimea are urgently requested to ensure the disposal of sand and mazut mixture, which is located on the territory of Kerch commercial port and within the sea of Arabatskaya arrows.
noted earlier South transport prosecutor’s office assessed the damage caused by the storm in the Kerch Strait on November 11, 2007., 30 billion rubles. In turn, the Ministry of Natural Resources to assess the environmental damage from the collapse of the vessels in the Kerch Strait to 6.382 billion rubles.
Recall, 11 November 2007. as a result of a violent storm in the Kerch Strait suffered a disaster and the sinking cargo vessel “Kovel” tanker Volgoneft-139 “cargo ship” Volnogirsk “cargo ship” Nakhichevan “, as well as several other vessels.
First, a storm broke in two tanker Volgoneft-139, which was carrying more than 4.7 tons of fuel oil, 1.3 tonnes of which spilled into the sea. Then the sinking cargo ship “Volnogirsk” on board were more than 2,5 thousand tons of sulfur. Later sinking cargo ship “Nakhichevan” with 2 tons of sulfur. Faced with “Volnogirsk, was holed and sank cargo ship” Kovel “, also loaded with sulfur.

18 March 2008 | court, damage, freighter, november, russia, storm, strait, volnogirsk

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