"During the audit, an assessment will be made of compliance with the requirements of environmental legislation and legislation on the safety of the operation of water transport," the ministry said in a statement.
Based on the results of the evaluative actions of the supervisory authorities, the necessary response measures will be taken.
According to an Interfax source, the oil slick was discovered in the Tsemesskaya Bay, which belongs to the zone of the Novorossiysk port.
Earlier it was reported about the work to eliminate the consequences of the oil spill in the Kolyvan district of the Novosibirsk region along the coastline on the partially shallowed Ob channel.