Russian rescuers have recovered the bodies of 41 people, including three children, from the site of a Volga River boat accident that left more than 100 people missing and presumed dead.
"We have raised 41 bodies. There are 28 women, 10 men and the rest are children," an emergencies ministry official in the central Russian republic of Tatarstan where the accident occurred Sunday told the Interfax news agency.
Rescuers had confirmed finding one body on Sunday, taking the confirmed toll to 42 people.
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Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that 208 people were on board the 56-year-old Bulgaria boat when it sank.
Officials have confirmed saving at least 79 people.
Earlier President Dmitry Medvedev called for a total review of Russia's transportation infrastructure.
"We have to conduct a total review of all means of transportation involved in moving passengers," Medvedev told a government meeting in nationally televised remarks.
Medvedev added that Sunday's accident could have been avoided if all safety procedures had been observed.
The boat disaster came less than a month after a Russian plane crash forced Medvedev to issue recommendations to phase out the use of some of the country's older Soviet-era planes.
The Russian leader said the investigation into the accident should cover both the authorities who checked on the ship's safety and those who operated the ill-fated trip.
Medvedev also confirmed plans to raise the sunken craft from the bottom of the river.
Officials had earlier said the procedure should take about five days.
The Bulgaria was built in 1955 in what was then Czechoslovakia and was one of 36 such ships supplied for Soviet use.
Officials said the boat went down too quickly to lower the two lifeboats on board. At least 30 children have been reported missing and are feared dead.
