“On the subject of timely and untimely notification and the work of emergency response services in this particular situation, the president gave an order to law enforcement agencies,” the Kremlin representative recalled,

According to him, at present "they are dealing with this situation."

“Therefore, let's not get ahead of ourselves and wait for the first results of the law enforcement proceedings,” he added.

Peskov noted that President Vladimir Putin received information about the incident later than May 29.

“The president was reported later. Actually, that’s why the president’s remark is that it’s worthless to learn about emergency situations in the region from social media messages, ”he added.

On May 29, in Norilsk, at the CHPP-3, which belongs to Norilsk Nickel, diesel fuel spilled.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a federal emergency mode was introduced.

On June 3, Putin was outraged during the meeting due to late reporting of the incident.