This was reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the Moscow Interregional Investigation Directorate for Transport of the IC of Russia Elena Markovskaya.

“A criminal case was initiated under part 2 of art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Violation of traffic safety rules and operation of air transport”), ”she said.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that in the Moscow region the helicopter crashed into the Klyazma reservoir. Later, the Moscow Transport Prosecutor's Office announced the start of an audit of the incident.