“As a priority version, along with others, the investigation considers violations during gold mining,” the Investigative Committee said.

On October 19, in the vicinity of the village of Shchetinkino, Kuraginsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory on the Seiba River, the dam of the technological reservoir of the gold mining artel was destroyed.

According to recent reports, 15 people were killed, six more are reported as missing.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case. As part of the investigation, the director of the gold mining enterprise, the head and foreman of the mining site have already been detained.