This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

It is noted that Bastrykin instructed the leadership of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Moscow Region to report on the initial investigative actions carried out in the criminal case on the fact of the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements in Noginsk.

"The progress of the investigation has been put under control in the central office of the Investigative Committee of Russia," the message says.

Earlier it was reported that the number of victims of a gas explosion in a residential building in Noginsk near Moscow increased to 17.

As Newinform reported, investigators opened a criminal case on the fact of a domestic gas explosion and a partial collapse in a residential building in Noginsk, Moscow Region.