Russian authorities plan to increase fines by 10 times (to RUB 50.000) for transport companies, operating without licenses, and for the companies’ owners by 50 times to RUB 100.000, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday.
Mr. Ivanov said speaking at a session of the Government Commission on Transport and Communications that the owner of wrecked ship Bulgaria can be fined only 40.000 rubles.
The death toll in the Bulgaria cruise boat accident was 122.