Sunken cruise ship overloaded by over fifty percent

The Russian cruise ship Bulgaria which sank on Sunday afternoon in Russia’s Volga River was carrying 196 people instead of the maximum 120 allowed by safety rules, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said on Monday. The twin-deck Bulgaria, built in 1955, sank on Sunday at 01:58 PM Moscow time (09:58 GMT) near […]