"To date, six people have been rescued," the statement said.
According to local authorities, the cargo ship sank due to bad weather during a flight from Georgia to Bulgaria.
Earlier, Rosmorrechflot reported that the shipowner of the ship that sank in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey is a Ukrainian company, and in the crew, only two out of 12 people are Russian citizens.
During the search operation, the bodies of two dead crew members were found and taken aboard the rescue vessel.
A frigate of the Turkish Navy was sent to the crash site.
On January 17, the governor of Bartin province announced the wreck of a dry cargo ship flying the flag of Russia in the Inkumu region.