21:34, 16 March 2026

Authorities reported on the removal of nets from the protective embankment on the coast of Anapa.

On the Anapa coast, specialists are completing the removal of nets from the protective embankment. The work was carried out from the Central Beach to Tortuga Beach in the village of Vityazevo, on the spit, and in the village of Blagoveshchenskaya.

As reported by Kavkazsky Uzel, on February 19, a strong storm in Anapa, waves, and wind destroyed the protective embankments built to protect the beaches from fuel oil and debris. The protective embankments, hastily erected in Anapa in the fall of 2025, were almost completely destroyed by strong storms and are no longer functioning, volunteers reported. Bends and nets are a good way to protect beaches from fuel oil if they are built properly and regularly maintained, bloggers previously argued, noting that they found fuel oil spills behind the berm after the storm.

A total of 26.2 km of protective nets have been removed, with another 6.8 km remaining on the spit, the Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters reported today on its Telegram channel.

Volunteers from the "Nets, Sieve, Shovel" headquarters published a photo on January 3 of a protective berm. the nets have been washed away by the water—they lie behind or in front of the berm and do not protect the sand. "I really hope the right conclusions will be reached. December, January, and February are not the time for this method," they wrote on their Telegram channel. They also published a video showing the protective net lying behind an embankment, periodically washed away by strong waves. "Basically, we can say that the networks are operational," they wrote in the post.

"A special embankment was built to protect the beaches from debris and possible emissions during storms in the fall and winter. The structure has proven effective, preventing pollution of the main beach area. In February, after a strong storm, the embankment washed away. This happened at the end of the storm season, and according to experts, the structure does not require restoration," the press service said.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the beach lessee in the village of Vityazevo has begun adding a new layer of sand from quarries in a test area. This restoration experience may subsequently be extended to other beaches in the emergency zone. Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko believes that such actions simply conceal the problem, but do not solve it.

Representatives of Rospotrebnadzor took samples from Miracleon Beach in Vityazevo, which is being refilled with new sand, including samples of the imported sand itself. Telegram users emphasized that, as before, the results of the studies are unlikely to be made public. The latest government commission report does not contain specific data on the cleanup of the fuel oil spill and did not clarify the chances of reopening Anapa's beaches, social media users noted.

As a reminder, on April 18, 2025, Rospotrebnadzor declared 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district unfit for recreation.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member of one of the tankers died as a result. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421665