The government will allocate 76.8 million rubles for payments due to an explosion at the Listvyazhnaya mine

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The families of those killed and injured as a result of the accident at the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo Region will receive compensation. RUB 76.8 million will be allocated for these purposes, according to the government’s website. Today, the mine itself has also started making payments. On average, each family will receive more than 6 million rubles, in total, more than 300 million rubles will be paid.

“The federal center will allocate 76.8 million rubles. for the payment of a lump sum to the victims and families of those killed in the accident at the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo Region. The order was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, ”the statement reads.

It is added that the families of the victims will receive 1 million rubles each. Victims who suffered serious and moderate harm to their health will receive 400 thousand rubles each. Families with minor injuries will receive payments in the amount of 200 thousand rubles.

On the morning of November 25, at the Listvyazhnaya mine (part of the SDS-Ugol holding company), located in the town of Belovo, Kemerovo Region, smoke was generated. At that moment, there were 285 people underground. They managed to withdraw most of them, and the mine rescuers went after the rest. As a result, 51 people died: 46 miners and five mine rescuers. Another 92 people were injured, 35 of them were mine rescuers. According to preliminary data, the cause of the emergency was the release of methane. The Ministry of Emergency Situations believes that the reason for the death of the rescuers is a sharp increase in the concentration of carbon monoxide.

As part of the case, two Rostekhnadzor inspectors, Sergei Vinokurov and Vyacheslav Semykin, were arrested, the director of the mine, Sergei Makhrakov, his deputy, Andrei Molostov, and the head of the mine, Sergei Gerasimenok. The management is accused of violating industrial safety rules, and Rostechnadzor inspectors are accused of negligence during inspections of the enterprise. The defendants did not admit their guilt.

More details – in the material of “Kommersant” “Mine is more than term”.

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