Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the need for more effective cleanup measures following an oil spill in the Black Sea. The spill, caused by two aging tankers struck by a storm, released approximately 2,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that more needed to be done to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea, saying efforts so far appeared to have been insufficient to deal with the ecological disaster.

Russian officials have revised their estimates of the oil spill in the Black Sea, now reporting that approximately 2,400 metric tons of oil products were released, a reduction from initial figures. The spill occurred on December 15,