10/7 Tass 138 MOSCOW, July 10 (Itar-Tass) —— A breach of vessel operation rules is the main theory of the MS Bulgaria wreck in the Volga River in Tatarstan, a detective told Itar-Tass. “The vessel could sink because it was very old. The excessive load is not excluded either. There is no information about a [...]
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July 10, 2011
July 10, 2011
Tatarstan president cuts short vacation over MS Bulgaria wreck.
10/7 Tass 139 KAZAN, July 10 (Itar-Tass) —— Tatarstan President Rustan Minnikhanov will cut short his vacation over the MS Bulgaria wreck in the Volga region, a source at the republican president’s press office told Itar-Tass. “Minnikhanov will lead the operative staff, which includes representatives of the Emergency Situations Ministry, the Health Ministry and the [...]
July 10, 2011
105 people missing in MS Bulgaria wreck in Tatarstan – federal agency.
10/7 Tass 149 MOSCOW, July 10 (Itar-Tass) —— One hundred and five passengers of the MS Bulgaria that sank in the Volga River in Tatarstan are missing, Federal Tourism Agency spokesman Oleg Moseyev told Itar-Tass. “There were 188 people aboard the ship, including 148 tourists,” he said, adding that 83 people had been rescued. The [...]
July 10, 2011
102 missing in MS Bulgaria shipwreck – ministry spokesperson.
10/7 Tass 152 MOSCOW, July 10 (Itar-Tass) —— The MS Bulgaria owners and the tourist company claim that the sunken ship had 188 people onboard and 102 are now missing, Emergency Situations Ministry spokesperson Irina Andrianova told Itar-Tass. She said 148 of them were tourists, 22 were sailors, twelve were restaurant staff, four were animators [...]
July 10, 2011
Russia’s Putin wins Germany’s Quadriga award
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won Germany’s prestigious Quadriga award for his key role in the development of Russia, German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung reported on Sunday. Putin already today deserves a separate chapter in a history book and is paving the way for Russia’s future in the spirit of Peter the Great, the paper [...]
July 10, 2011
Cruise ship sinks on Volga, at least two dead
At least two people died after a cruise ship carrying over 170 people sank on the Volga River, the regional emergences center said on Sunday. “Overall, there were 140 passengers and 33 crewmembers aboard the double-deck cruise ship. As many as 55 people have been rescued by a passing ship,” the emergencies center said. The [...]
July 10, 2011
94 people missing after ship sinks on Volga
At least one person died and 94 people went missing after a cruise ship sank on the Volga River, the regional emergencies center said on Sunday. “Seventy-eight people have been rescued by the passing ship Arabella. One woman died,” the emergencies center said. The cruise ship Bulgaria sank at 13:58 Moscow time (09:58 GMT) on [...]
July 10, 2011
94 missing as cruise ship sinks on Russia’s Volga (Update 1)
At least one person died and 94 people went missing after a cruise ship sank on Russia’s Volga River, the regional emergencies center said on Sunday. “Seventy-eight people have been rescued by the passing ship Arabella. One woman died,” the emergencies center said. The double-deck cruise ship Bulgaria, en route from the Tatar town of [...]
July 10, 2011
84 people rescued from sunken cruise ship on Volga
84 people have been rescued from a cruise ship that sank on Sunday on Russia’s Volga River, the regional emergencies center said. While 84 people have been rescued, one woman had died and 88 are still missing. The double-deck cruise ship Bulgaria, en route from the Tatar town of Bolgar to Kazan, was carrying 173 [...]
July 10, 2011
Russian police open criminal case into Volga ship sinking
A police in Russia’s Volga Federal district opened on Sunday a criminal case into a cruise ship’s sinking that killed one person and left over 80 missing, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. The case was opened on safety violation charges. The Kremlin said that the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Investigative Committee’s [...]
July 10, 2011
Cruise ship sinks on Russia’s Volga river
A police in Russia’s Volga Federal district opened on Sunday a criminal case into a cruise ship’s sinking that killed one person and left over 80 missing, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.
July 10, 2011
Over 100 missing as cruise ship sinks in Central Russia (WRAPUP)
102 people are missing, one died after a cruise ship Bulgaria with 188 people aboard has sunken on Russia’s Volga River on Sunday. The two-decked Bulgaria, built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia, sank at 13:58 Moscow time (09:58 GMT) on Sunday near the village of Syukeyevo in the Kansko-Ustinovsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan. Among [...]
July 10, 2011
International youth elite forge future at forum in western Russia
Russia’s politically minded youth has gathered for a special summer camp set in idyllic surroundings. The 2011 Seliger International forum brings together young people from 70 nations to discuss Innovation, politics and the future of the mass media. “What they find is Russia offers a chance for Japanese people to meet with French and Brazilians, [...]
July 10, 2011
Hollywood helps rescue Russian children
Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Sophia Loren, Isabella Rossellini, Carol Bouquet, Orlando Bloom… what looks like a line-up of VIP guests to an A-list film festival turned out to be a roster of participants of a charity concert in Moscow. An army of celebrities has descended on the Russian capital to help raise money for [...]