(KYIV, UKRAINE) – A major fire at the Tuapse oil terminal on the Russian Black Sea coast has finally been extinguished after burning continuously for over a week. The environmental devastation to the coastline situated between Novorossiysk and Sochi is extensive, with local reports confirming occurrences of toxic black rain, poor air quality, and widespread bird fatalities. Contaminated rivers and beaches have forced local Russian crews to resort to manual shovelling to remove thick oil deposits. Satellite analysis indicates that twenty four out of fifty two storage tanks were entirely destroyed, wiping out 60 percent of the massive export facility’s…