This was reported by TASS with reference to the situation-analytical center (CAC) of the Ministry of Energy of Russia.

“A maximum of 73 brigades of 309 people and 68 units of special equipment were involved in emergency recovery work. At 19:59 emergency repairs were completed, ”the statement said.

Blackouts were observed in the municipalities of Akushinsky, Akhtynsky, Botlikhsky, Buinaksky, Derbent, Karabudakhkentsky, Kumtorkalinsky, Kurakhsky, Laksky, Levashinsky, Magaramkentsky, Suleiman-Stalsky, Tabasaransky, Tlyaratinsky, Khunzakhsky, Shami.

Earlier it was reported that in the city of Arsenyev, Primorsky Krai, almost 18 thousand people were left without electricity due to an accident.

On January 12, it was reported that power engineers eliminated the consequences of the accident, which left about 65 thousand people without electricity in five districts of Yakutia.