A 48-year-old resident of the Kemerovo region was identified. A criminal case was opened against the man under Part 2 of Art.

207 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Knowingly false report of an act of terrorism) Earlier, a passenger on one of the flights to Sheremetyevo said that there was a bomb in her backpack. Later, a source in law enforcement agencies told RT that the phrase of the passenger about a bomb turned out to be a joke.