This was reported by TASS with reference to the Deputy Prosecutor of the Industrial District of Perm, Irina Makhneva.

“We have a federal law on licensed activities, this type of activity is not licensed,” she said.

Earlier, the regional prosecutor’s office began checking all hostels and mini-hotels in the basement of the Perm Territory.

On January 20, as a result of a hot water pipe break in the Caramel Mini-Hotel in Perm, five people died and six were injured. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia.

State Duma deputy, member of the committee on housing policy and housing and communal services Pavel Kachkaev in an interview with Nation News commented on the tragedy.