"At present, 41 bodies have been brought to the surface," Interfax quoted local emergency ministry spokesman Ruslan Fatkhudinov as saying.
Divers are searching the sunken wreck of the Bulgaria, a double-decked boat built in 1955, that listed to its side and sank within minutes on Sunday about 3 km (2 miles) from shore during stormy weather with nearly 200 people on board.
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