Hunt for dozens missing after oil rig capsized continues but officials admit chances of finding anyone alive are slim. Russian rescue workers are continuing to search for dozens of people still missing more than a day after an oil rig capsized, but admitted that hopes of finding anyone else alive in the icy waters were fading fast. The owners of the Kolskaya rig said on Monday that a raft with a possible 15 people onboard had been spotted, but a spokesperson for the emergencies ministry on the island of Sakhalin in the Russian Far East cast doubt on that claim. Fourteen people were rescued from the water soon after Sunday's accident while authorities have confirmed that 16 bodies have been found. But 37 of 67 people on the rig when it capsized are still unaccounted for. "Until all the people are found the rescue operation will not be concluded," Natalya Salkina, a spokeswoman for federal transport investigators in the city of Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East told Reuters. Asked how likely it was that anyone would be found alive at sea in such icy temperatures, she said: "You can always hope for a miracle." The jack-up oil rig, the Kolskaya, owned by state-owned offshore exploration firm Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka (AMNGR), was being towed from the Kamchatka peninsula across the sea towards Sakhalin Island when it capsized and sank in stormy weather on Sunday. The Kolskaya platform -- 70m long and 80m wide - was built in Finland in 1985. It had recently done some work for <b>...</b> Длительность: 3:04
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PLEASE HELP TO SAVE THESE BEAR CUBS! It breaks my heart to find out about the situation on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East (just north of Japan) where 3 bear cubs from 2 mothers who were shot in spring banded together in the wild. The cubs have since migrated to a local road near the city of Okha in the north of the Island where local residents feed them. The cubs have become habituated to humans, who even hand-feed them. Now the mayor of Okha is pushing a resolution to destroy the cubs "in the nearest future". Please help to raise awareness about this upcoming execution and help these cubs to stay alive. Share this video with as many people as you know. The local authorities failed to find the solution other than just to shoot the poor things. My hope is that international animal lovers will show some support and speak up against such cruelty. NO donations needed. Only your attention, your voice! Country code: 7 City code 42437 Mayor's office tel. 7-42437-22207 or 23217 or 24977 www.adm-okha.ru Email: meriya@okha.rnsc.ru Длительность: 2:55