RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday visited the site of the Siberia power plant accident that killed 47 workers and promised compensation for their families and those of the 28 others still missing.

Hopes were fading today for 64 workers missing after an accident at Russia’s largest hydroelectric plant.

Divers scoured the flooded rooms of Russia’s largest hydroelectric plant today but it was unlikely that any of the 64 workers missing after an accident would be found alive.

An accident at Russia’s largest hydro-electric plant has killed seven people and shut down the plant.