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 Russian fishing trawler sank in just minutes early Thursday in the 
icy waters off Russia's far eastern coast, killing at least of its 
 crew members, rescue workers said.##&&l##&&Related##&&Europe##&&Putin appeals to Southern European countries for EU sanctions relief##&&See all related##&&The
 massive trawler Dalny Vostok sank about a.m. local time in the Sea of
 Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula. It did not send a distress signal 
before the sinking.##&&Emergency services in Kamchatka, citing the 
head of the rescue operation, said crew members were rescued but the 
fate of the remaining crew members was unknown.##&&Fishing boat sinks##&&No
 cause for the sinking was immediately given, but investigators said the
 ship sank in just minutes and may have collided with drifting ice. 
The Investigative Committee said it is considering all theories but it 
is likely that the trawler hit "an object" floating in the sea.##&&About
 fishing boats and fishermen and emergency workers were helping
 in the rescue operation, scouring the water for survivors and bodies 
even after darkness fell, Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov
 said.##&&c##&&Comments##&&Putin will blame the West for the sinking.##&&MiddleAmerican##&&at AM April##&&Add a comment##&&See all comments##&&The
 fishing boats have recovered bodies so far. The Interfax news agency
 quoted a local emergency representative as saying two of the bodies 
were found Thursday evening — one in a lifeboat kilometers (65 
miles) away and another in the water nearby.##&&Interfax also quoted 
Vasily Sokolov, deputy chief of the Russian Fisheries Agency, denying 
reports that an overload may have caused the boat to sink.##&&The 
Russian Emergencies Ministry sent an Mi-8 helicopter with rescue workers
 and doctors to deliver medical help and transport crew members to 
hospitals in the city of Magadan. It also set up a telephone hotline for
 the families of the crew.##&&Among the crew members, were from Russia, from Myanmar and the rest were from Latvia, Ukraine and Vanuatu.##&&Copyright##&&Los Angeles Times##&&UPDATE##&&a.m.:##&&This article was updated with a higher death toll.##&&This article was first posted at p.m.##&&Related Content##&&Russia##&&Europe##&&Putin appeals to Southern European countries for EU sanctions relief##&&Russian
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