The Black Sea

Viktor Danilov-Danilyan, scientific director of the Institute of Water Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said where the "tongues of fuel oil" in the Black Sea may reach, whether it will be possible to swim in the contamination zone, what will happen to the beaches and animals of the Black Sea

• How much will the spill affect neighbouring countries?

• It should not go to the neighbours en masse. But it can affect Abkhazia, Georgia, Turkey. It can reach Turkey from the east. On the western coast - Romania, Bulgaria. And of course, Odessa and its neighbourhood.

• Have you had any discussions with them?

• Not yet. I don't know, maybe the Foreign Ministry has, but it is unlikely that the Foreign Ministry will do anything without consulting us. But one consideration is that the further away you go, the lower the concentration. That's not much of a consolation.