Russia’s “rust tubs†slammed after riverboat disaster
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has demanded checks on all transport services after an overloaded boat sank on the Volga River, leaving 110 people missing and feared dead.
The president said the old, double-decker tourist boat was in a poor condition.
The BBC reported that 80 people were rescued on the River Volga in Tatarstan, about 750km east of Moscow.
Officials say the boat’s capacity was 120 passengers and crew, but it had been carrying 208 people on Sunday. At least 50 children are feared to be among the dead.
The Russian president has called for “a complete check on all means of passenger transport”. Russia had too many “old rust tubs”, he complained.
The 55-year-old Bulgaria was caught in a storm during a two-day excursion and sank within minutes.
Ian Jarrett
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