About 110 bodies, including those of 30 children, were found inside the wreck of a Russian cruise ship that sank in the Volga river on Sunday, rescuers said Monday.

Photo released by Russian Emergencies Situations Ministry shows rescuers search for the missing people after the cruise ship "Bulgaria" carrying 188 sank in Volga river near the village of Syukeyevo in the Kansko-Ustinovsky district of Russian republic of Tatarstan, July 10, 2011. (Xinhua/Russian Emergencies Situations Ministry) 
"A preliminary examination conducted by divers from the Republic of Tatarstan showed that there are about 110 bodies aboard the sunken cruise ship, 30 of them are children," the rescuers was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.

Latest words from Rustam Minnikhanov, president of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, indicated that there were 196 aboard the 56-years-old double decker "The Bulgaria" when it sank at 13:58 Moscow time (0958 GMT) Sunday near the village of Syukeyevo in the Kansko-Ustinovsky district of Tatarstan.

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