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100 feared dead after tourist boat sinks
A tourist boat has sunk in central Russia with more than 100 people feared dead.
At least six deaths are confirmed, but reports say divers have seen many more bodies inside the vessel, which sunk in the River Volga in Tatarstan, about 450 miles east of Moscow.
Nearly 200 passengers and crew were believed to be on the boat, many of them children.
About 80 survivors were rescued by another pleasure boat that was passing nearby.
One survivor said around 30 children had gathered in a play area on the deck just before the boat went down.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation into the incident.
The 55-year-old boat, called Bulgaria, was on a two-day cruise when it got into difficulty yesterday (Sunday).
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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