Two dead, 51 missing from Russian oil rig

At least two people died and 51 were missing in freezing water after an oil rig in Russia's Far Eastern Okhotsk Sea overturned in the country's second major water accident since July.

The Kolskoye oil rig platform with 67 on board was 200 kilometres from the shore Sunday when the accident occurred at 1245 pm AEDT amid high winds and temperatures of minus 17 degrees Celsius (1.4 Fahrenheit).

"We could rescue 14 people out of 67," regional ministry spokesman Taimuraz Kasayev said. "Two more bodies without signs of life were found, but we were unable to lift them out of the water yet."      Read Here