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Captain Fined $6,000 for Ignoring Sinking Ship

15:22 28/02/2012

The captain of a tugboat that failed to come to the rescue of a cruise boat that capsized and sank in a storm, killing 122 people, was ordered on Tuesday to pay a penalty of 190,000 rubles (about $6,000).

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Russian cruise boat victim mistakenly identified, buried in Belarus
20:54 25/08/2011 KAZAN, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
The body of a woman who drowned during the sinking of the Bulgaria cruise ship and was buried in Belarus by mistake, will be exhumed and reburied in Russia's Urals.
Witness in Volga ship tragedy commits suicide
22:52 23/08/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
A witness in the ship sinking that killed 122 people on Russia's Volga River in July committed suicide on Tuesday, a police source said.
Senior transport inspectors detained over Volga ship tragedy
15:03 16/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Investigation Committee has detained two senior transport inspectors over the recent sinking of cruise ship that killed more than 100 people, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Volga sinking caused by safety violations - probe
16:36 15/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti)
Safety violations and a poorly trained crew were to blame for the deaths of the 122 people onboard a sunken cruise boat on the Volga, Russia's transportation watchdog said on Monday
Russian captain denies guilt in Volga ship tragedy
11:20 26/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 26 (RIA Novosti)
The captain of a Russian ship who faces criminal charges for failing to come to the aid of the sinking riverboat Bulgaria said technical reasons combined with bad weather did not allow him to approach the stricken ship quickly, Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda said on Tuesday.
Russian boat that sank on Volga River brought to surface
18:06 25/07/2011
On July 10, the double-decked riverboat Bulgaria, built in Czechoslovakia in 1955, sank during a thunderstorm three kilometers off the bank of the Kuibyshev Reservoir in Tatarstan. The ship was traveling from Bolgar to Kazan. An operation to raise the sunken vessel began on July 21. The next day, the boat could be seen above water.
Final death toll rises to 122 as last bodies recovered from cruise ship
10:09 25/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti)
The final death toll from the sinking of a Russian cruise vessel on the Volga river was confirmed at 122 on Monday after rescuers found the last two bodies that had been missing following the tragedy.
Rescuers find all missing bodies from sunken riverboat in Volga River
06:26 25/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti)
Emergency workers have recovered the last two bodies of the 122 people who died when the Bulgaria cruise vessel sank in the Volga River earlier in the month.
Russia Public Chamber to hold investigation into Volga shipwreck tragedy
03:38 25/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti)
A first session of a working group of the Russian Public Chamber, set up to conduct a public investigation into the sinking of cruise vessel Bulgaria, will be held on Monday, a member of the chamber said.
Confirmed death toll in Russian sunken ship incident rises to 120
15:51 24/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti)
The confirmed death toll from the sunken cruise vessel Bulgaria has risen to 120 people, after the divers discovered one more body on the riverboat, the Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday.
Russian sunken ship tragedy claims 119 lives
15:02 24/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti)
Russian rescuers recovered the bodies of two more people from the sunken cruise ship Bulgaria, bringing the death toll to 119, the Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday.
Confirmed death toll from Russian sunken cruise ship rises to 117
11:24 24/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti)
The confirmed death toll from the sunken cruise vessel Bulgaria has risen to 117 people, after the divers discovered three more bodies on the riverboat, the Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday.
Sunken cruise boat to be discarded when investigation over
06:42 24/07/2011 TATARSTAN, July 24 (RIA Novosti)
The Bulgaria, a river cruise boat which sank on the Volga river killing at least 114 people, will be discarded as soon as investigation into the accident is over, a Russian deputy transport minister said.
Lifting of sunken Russian cruise ship postponed until morning
23:00 22/07/2011 KUIBYSHEV RESERVOIR (Tatarstan), July 22 (RIA Novosti)
The raising of the Russian cruise ship that sank on the Volga River on July 10 with the loss of over 100 lives has been postponed until morning, officials said.
Charges filed against suspects in Volga shipwreck tragedy
15:12 22/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 22 (RIA Novosti)
Two suspects in the sinking of a river cruise boat, the Bulgaria, were charged on Friday with providing unsafe services causing the deaths of two or more people, the Russian Investigation Committee said.
Salvagers bring sunken Russian riverboat to surface
14:25 22/07/2011 KUIBYSHEV RESERVOIR (Tatarstan), July 22 (RIA Novosti)
Salvage crews raising the wreck of the sunken cruise vessel Bulgaria have succeeded in bringing it to the surface of the Volga River, operational headquarters spokesman Timur Khikmatov said on Friday.
Sunken riverboat had 201 people on board - Russian Investigation Committee
11:14 22/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 22 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Investigation Committee on Friday fixed the official number of passengers at 201 on board the ill-fated cruise ship, the Bulgaria, that sunk in the Volga River earlier in July.
Russia's sunken cruise ship lifted from Volga River bottom
09:14 22/07/2011 KUIBYSHEV RESERVOIR (Tatarstan), July 22 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's ill-fated cruise ship, the Bulgaria, that sank in the Volga River earlier in the month, has been lifted from the thick silt of the river bottom, an official said on Friday.
Procedure begins to raise sunken cruise ship from Volga River bed
23:55 21/07/2011 KUIBYSHEV RESERVOIR (Tatarstan), July 21 (RIA Novosti)
Russian emergency crews have begun the operation to bring the sunken cruise ship Bulgaria to the surface of the Volga river in Tatarstan, an official said.
Russian sunken cruise ship may be lifted on Thursday
17:17 20/07/2011 KUYBESHEVSKY ZATON (Tatarstan), July 20 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian cruise ship, the Bulgaria, which sunk on the Volga River, may be lifted on Thursday, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Operation to lift sunken Russian riverboat 'to start Wednesday'
20:42 19/07/2011 TATARSTAN (Russia), July 19 (RIA Novosti)
The lifting of the Russian boat that sank on July 10 on the Volga River could start early on Wednesday, a Russian deputy transportation minister said on Tuesday.
Russian captain questioned over failure to help passenger boat in distress
19:14 19/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 19 (RIA Novosti)
Investigators have questioned the captain of a ship that failed to come to the aid of the Bulgaria riverboat, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Tuesday.
Six missing passengers of Russian sunken riverboat reported alive
17:41 19/07/2011 KUIBYSHEVSKY ZATON (Tatarstan), July 19 (RIA Novosti)
Six out of 15 missing passengers of the sunken riverboat, the Bulgaria, have been reported to be alive, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Russian captain faces criminal charges over failure to help sinking riverboat
12:55 19/07/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 19 (RIA Novosti)
A criminal case has been opened against the captain of a ship that failed to come to the aid of a cruise boat that sank with the loss of at least 114 lives in Russia’s Volga River on July 10, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Raising the Volga cruise boat
18:57 18/07/2011
Rescue operations are now complete in Tatarstan where a riverboat sank earlier this month. Specialists plan to raise the ship in the next two or three days.
Floating cranes to raise sunken riverboat Bulgaria
14:22 18/07/2011
The sunken riverboat Bulgaria will not be raised before being inspected by divers again, Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin told journalists.
Operations to lift sunken cruise ship slips
22:53 17/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 17 (RIA Novosti)
Operations to lift sunken Bulgaria cruise ship will be slightly shifted as one of the lift ropes broke, Timur Khikmatov, head of the Russian Transport Ministry's Press-Service, said on Sunday.
Russia imposes ban on ships similar to sunken Bulgaria riverboat
14:45 17/07/2011 KUIBYSHEVSKY ZATON, Tatarstan, July 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has imposed a ban on ships similar to the sunken Bulgaria riverboat until the causes of the tragedy are established, Transport Minister Igor Levitin said on Sunday.
Russia could lift sunken Bulgaria cruise ship on Sunday - deputy minister
09:15 17/07/2011 KUIBYSHEV RESERVOIR, Tatarstan, July 17 (RIA Novosti)
Rescuers could raise the wreckage of Bulgaria cruise ship from the bed of the Volga River already on Sunday, if they manage to place the second lifting cable under the riverboat, Deputy Transport Minister Viktor Olersky said.
Russia to complete recovery of boat wreckage July 17-18
12:48 16/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti)
Operation to rise the wreckage of Bulgaria cruise boat from the riverbed of Volga will finish on Sunday or Monday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
Russia may start recovery of Bulgaria wreckage ahead of schedule
06:26 16/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti)
The lifting of the Bulgaria cruise boat from the riverbed could start a day ahead of schedule as the first floating crane has already arrived at the site of the tragedy which killed at least 114 people last Sunday, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said on Saturday.
Divers fly home as Russia reduces search efforts in boat sinking
23:41 15/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry has began to scale back efforts to find the bodies of 15 people believed to have died in the sinking of Bulgaria riverboat.
Medvedev urges harsh punishments for Volga cruise disaster guilty
16:17 15/07/2011 GORKI (MOSCOW REGION), July 15 (RIA Novosti)
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that all those responsible for the deadly sinking of a cruise boat on the Volga River should receive tough punishments.
Captains face arrest over failure to help sinking Russian river boat
12:22 15/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
The captains of two ships that failed to come to the aid of the boat that sank with the loss of over 100 lives in Russia’s Volga River on July 10 are to be arrested, investigators said on Friday.
Putin lays flowers at impromptu memorial to shipwreck victims
11:26 15/07/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has laid flowers at an impromptu memorial in the port of Kazan to the victims of the Bulgaria shipwreck. He then chaired a meeting of the ad hoc government commission investigating the shipwreck. In his remarks, the prime minister commented that Russians have come to see disasters as a normal part of life, but that the July 10 shipwreck had nonetheless come as a shock to the entire nation.
Putin blames negligence, greed for Russian riverboat tragedy
21:55 14/07/2011 KAZAN, July 14 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that irresponsibility, greed and gross violation of safety rules led to a disastrous boat accident that has claimed 113 lives.
Reconstruction of Bulgaria cruise ship wreckage
16:58 14/07/2011
The riverboat Bulgaria sank in Kuibyshev Reservoir on July 10, 2011
Volga court sanctions arrests of two suspects in deadly ship tragedy
20:29 13/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti)
A district court in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Volga Republic of Tatarstan, ordered the arrest of two suspects on Wednesday in the Bulgaria tour ship tragedy, the Russian Investigation Department said.
Divers broaden search area for cruise ship victims
12:51 13/07/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 13 (RIA Novosti)
Divers are substantially expanding the search area for the bodies of those who perished in the fatal sinking of the Bulgaria riverboat, the press service of the President of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan said on Tuesday.
Confirmed death toll from sunken cruise ship rises to 100
09:38 13/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti)
The death toll from the sunken Bulgaria cruise vessel in Russia's river Volga has risen to 100, the Russian Emergency Ministry said on Wednesday
Eighty five bodies from sunken Bulgaria riverboat identified
05:41 13/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti)
Eighty five out of 98 bodies recovered from the sunken Bulgaria cruise vessel in Russia's river Volga have been identified by their relatives, the forensics bureau of the republic of Tatarstan said on Wednesday.
Faulty porthole helps family, toddler survive cruise ship tragedy
20:04 12/07/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 12 (RIA Novosti)
A faulty cabin porthole helped the Minnekhaerov couple, their 14-month-old child and relatives survive the fatal sinking of the Bulgaria riverboat on Sunday.
People pray, light candles in memory of Volga sinking victims
19:47 12/07/2011
A mourning ceremony was held at the river port in Kazan Tuesday for those who drowned when the Bulgaria riverboat sank on Sunday.
Russia opens cases against ship captains that passed by sinking Bulgaria
17:43 12/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 12 (RIA Novosti)
Criminal cases have been opened against the captains of two vessels that did not render aid to the Bulgaria riverboat, which sank in Russia's Volga River, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Tuesday.
Second day at Bulgaria wreck site
15:18 12/07/2011
The double-decked riverboat Bulgaria, built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia, sank on Sunday during a thunderstorm three kilometers from the shore.
Divers begin recovering children's bodies from cruise ship wreck
15:14 12/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 12 (RIA Novosti)
Divers began recovering the bodies of the children who drowned on board the riverboat Bulgaria which sank in Russia's river Volga on Sunday, an emergency salvage team spokesman said on Tuesday.
Dmitry Medvedev demands inspection of all passenger boats
13:23 12/07/2011
One day after the sinking of the riverboat Bulgaria, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a thorough inspection of all passenger boats in the country, noting that the number of “rickety old boats” still in service is unacceptable.
Russia to raise sunken tour ship on Sunday
12:55 12/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 12 (RIA Novosti)
Russian salvage teams will begin an operation on July 16 to raise the wreck of the tour ship Bulgaria, which sank on Sunday in Russia's Volga River leaving dozens dead, Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
Russia to recover sunken tour ship
05:31 12/07/2011 KAZAN, July 12 (RIA Novosti)
Officials in Russia's Volga republic of Tatarstan are studying ways to recover the Bulgaria tour ship, which sank on Sunday leaving dozens dead, Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said.
Witnesses, survivors reveal details of Bulgaria cruise ship sinking
23:21 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
Witnesses of the cruise ship that sank on Sunday on Russia's Volga River unveiled some details of the tragedy of the Bulgaria.
Captains of two vessels passing sinking Russian tour ship to get 'maximum punishment' - transport minister
22:41 11/07/2011 KAZAN, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
The captains of two passing vessels who failed to come to the aid of the Bulgaria, which sank in the Volga River with some 200 passengers on board, will get "maximum punishment," Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said on Monday.
Divers search for some 50 children in Russia's sunken boat
20:15 11/07/2011 KUYBESHEVSKY ZATON (Tatarstan), July 11 (RIA Novosti)
Divers working at the scene where a Russian cruise ship sank in the Volga River on Sunday, are approaching a music room where dozens of children are believed trapped, the regional emergencies center said.
Death toll in Volga boat tragedy reaches 54, over 50 missing
17:16 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
Rescuers searching the wreck of a Russian cruise ship that sank in the Volga River on Sunday have recovered 53 bodies, bringing the confirmed death toll to at least 54 with over 50 others still missing feared drowned, the regional emergencies center said.
M/S Bulgaria sinks on the Volga
16:44 11/07/2011
The M/S Bulgaria sank three kilometers from the shore on the Volga River on July 10.
Medvedev orders nationwide transport safety checks after deadly catastrophes
15:16 11/07/2011 GORKI (Moscow Region), July 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered large-scale safety checks of all passenger transport after two fatal transport accidents in Russia in as many days.
Sunken cruise ship left port listing with broken engine
14:36 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian cruise ship which sank in the Volga river on Sunday left port listing to starboard with a broken engine, local investigators said on Monday.
Sunk riverboat survivors meet families
12:45 11/07/2011
About 80 survivors from the sunken riverboat Bulgaria were taken to Kazan on July 10. Relatives, friends and ambulance crews met them at the port.
Riverboat Bulgaria rescue efforts
12:15 11/07/2011
The riverboat Bulgaria sank on July 10, 2011 near the village of Syukeyevo, Kansk-Ustinovsky district in the Republic of Tatarstan. The Emergencies Ministry is currently conducting a rescue operation.
Sunken cruise ship overloaded by over fifty percent
10:39 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
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.
Eighty saved, over 100 missing as cruise ship sinks in Central Russia (WRAPUP)
08:02 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
Eighty out of 185 people on board of the Bulgaria cruise ship that sank in Russia’s Volga River on Sunday afternoon were rescued, while 100 are still missing and five were found dead, a spokesperson for the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Monday.
Bulgaria cruise ship exceeded passenger capacity by 65 people
08:01 11/07/2011 KAZAN, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
The cruise ship Bulgaria which sank in Russia's Volga River on Sunday afternoon, was carrying 185 people, 65 more than the maximum 120 allowed by technical regulations for this type of the vessel.
Survivors of the Bulgaria cruise ship wreckage on Russia’s Volga River
05:43 11/07/2011
Eighty people were rescued with 79 of them taken to Kazan the capital of Tatarstan.
Russia sends plane with group of divers to the Bulgaria ship wreckage
04:59 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian emergencies ministry plane with a group of rescuers and special diving equipment took off on Monday from the southern city of Krasnodar to the republic of Tatarstan to join the search for missing people from the Bulgaria cruise ship wreckage.
Over 100 people missing, 80 saved after cruise ship sinks in Russia
01:24 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti)
Eighty out of 185 people on board of the Bulgaria cruise ship that sank in the Volga River on Sunday afternoon were rescued, while two were found dead and over 100 are still missing.
Second body found at cruise ship's wreckage site in Central Russia
00:16 11/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
Rescuers found a body of the second victim of a cruise ship's wreckage in Russian Republic of Tatarstan, Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Overloading likely cause of Russian cruise ship sinking
23:40 10/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
Overloading is the likely cause of the sinking of the cruise ship Bulgaria on Sunday in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, a police source said.
Rescuers to work round the clock to save people from Russia's sunken cruise ship
23:19 10/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
Salvage divers will work at night in Russia's Volga River to save people from a sunken cruise ship where one person have been killed and over 100 are missing, country's Emergencies Ministry said.
Russian police open criminal case into Volga ship sinking
19:07 10/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
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.
84 people rescued from sunken cruise ship on Volga
17:49 10/07/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
84 people have been rescued from a cruise ship that sank on Sunday on Russia's Volga River, the regional emergencies center said.
94 missing as cruise ship sinks on Russia's Volga (Update 1)
16:38 10/07/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
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.
94 people missing after ship sinks on Volga
16:07 10/07/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
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.
Cruise ship sinks on Volga, at least two dead
15:42 10/07/2011 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 10 (RIA Novosti)
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.

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Cruise ship sinks on Russia's Volga river

The double-deck cruise ship Bulgaria, en route from the Tatar town of Bolgar to Kazan 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.

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