As Interfax was told in the joint press service of the St. Petersburg courts, the fine was imposed in connection with the destruction of the cultural heritage site of regional significance, the Main Production Building with a Water Tower.
“As a result of the fire, recorded by the KGIOP act, significant damage was caused to the object of cultural heritage, thus historical and cultural values were lost, irreversible changes in its important elements occurred,” the statement says.
In June, Nevskie Novosti reported that participants in the extinguishment of the fire at the Nevskaya Manufactory had been awarded in St. Petersburg.