“A criminal case under art. 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Provision of services that do not meet security requirements"), ”the statement said.

The agency also confirmed the death of one person, data on the number of victims are being specified.

Earlier, the Novosibirsk authorities said that the collapse occurred in the annex to the cafe, and not in the institution itself, the reason was the accumulation of snow.

It was noted that the rescuers removed five people from under the rubble, one of them died.