It is noted that during laboratory studies of the water of the Sisim River, the presence of “a significant amount of suspended solids” was established in it.

Moreover, the damage caused to the Sisim River is estimated at more than 2 million rubles.

According to prosecutors, contaminated water entered the Sisim River after the scale of the technological settler was destroyed.

The case was brought under Art. 246 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Violation of the rules of environmental protection in the course of work”).

Earlier, Roshydromet specialists recorded extremely high copper pollution of water after breaking dams in the technological reservoir of the gold mining artel in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

On October 19, in the Kuraginsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the dams of the technological reservoir of the gold mining artel broke through. As a result of the emergency, 17 people were killed.