“To elect Alexandrov’s preventive measure in the form of two months of detention - until December 18,” the judge quoted Interfax as saying.

Earlier it was reported that the master did not plead guilty.

It also became known that the court arrested Andrei Eganov, the head of the gold mining artel’s department, for two months.

The state of emergency occurred on October 19 in the Kuragin region on the Ceiba River. According to recent reports, 15 people were killed, five were missing.