59 bodies recovered from sunken ship in Russia; 67 missing

cued, some of whom have been tiffany anklets released from hospitals after receiving medical treatment, according to government agencies.
The ship did not have a license to transport passengers, was overloaded, and was last repaired more than 30 years ago, the Russian Prosecutor's Office said Monday.
Prosecutors also established that the left engine of the ship was damaged, they said on their website.
Russian state TV reported the vessel had an operational limit of about 150 passengers, citing a top government official on site. State TV also reported, citing law enforcement officials, that there were life vests on board for only 156 people.
Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu said there were 208 people aboard the ship, of whom 25 passengers were not officially registered and didn't have tickets. RIA Novosti reported Tuesday that 205 people were on board.
The president appointed Transport Minister Igor Levitin to head a special government commission to investigate the case.
"It is clear that such an accident couldn't have taken place if safety rules were followed, even despite the difficult weather situation cheap tiffany jewelry," Medvedev said. "We have to establish why the owner of the ship operated a ship that was in such a poor technical condition."
He also called for "a total inspection of all public carriers in Russia," he said, adding that it is "obvious that this ship was not the only one with issues.
"The number of old tubs that are now in use (in Russia) is just staggering," he said.
"We can see from the information we have that the vessel was not in the appropriate condition," Medvedev said of the Bulgaria.
He instructed the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate everyone involved in the Bulgaria cruise, including "ship-owners, those who issued the navigation permit and those who were involved in organizing that boat tour, especially given the large number of children aboard."
Authorities have not ruled out the possibility that some passengers could have survived by swimming to the bank or one of the islands tiffany outletin the Volga.
Survivors told Russian state TV that there were many children on board the ship.
The ferry was built in 1955 in the then-Czechoslovakia, according to Russian law enforcement officials.