"The court granted the investigator's petition to choose a preventive measure against Yegorshin in the form of detention," the court told RIA Novosti, adding that a similar preventive measure was imposed on Nistratkin.
It is clarified that officials are charged with Part 3 of Art.
217 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of industrial safety requirements resulting in the death of two or more persons).
Earlier, the authorities of the Ryazan region confirmed the death of 17 people in an emergency at the plant.
The head of the region, Nikolai Lyubimov, declared October 25 a day of mourning for the dead.