“The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation has approved an indictment in a criminal case against the former General Director of OJSC Kemerovo Confectionery Plant Vyacheslav Vishnevsky.

The criminal case will be sent to the Central District Court of Kemerovo, ”the department told TASS.

On September 15, the Investigative Committee announced that it had completed an investigation into Vishnevsky in the case of a fire in a Kemerovo shopping center, where 60 people died.

Vishnevsky, who, according to the UK, left Russia in 2016 and lived in Spain, was arrested in absentia and put on the international wanted list, was extradited from Poland on March 24, 2020.

In May, he was finally charged.

The fire in the "Winter cherry" in Kemerovo occurred on March 25, 2018.

As a result of the emergency 60 people died, including 37 children.