The governor wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

“In Prokopyevsk, employees of the administration decided to celebrate the appointment of the new head of Vyacheslav Starchenko.

While the whole Kuzbass and the whole country with pain in their hearts followed the news from Listvyazhnaya, at a time when every resident of the region worried about the miners and rescuers ... Vyacheslav Starchenko has already been dismissed, "Tsivilev noted.

At the same time, the governor noted that there are simply no words to describe this situation.

In the opinion of the head of the region, the people who organized the holiday “at such a terrible and difficult moment for all of us” simply “do not have a heart”.

On November 25, an accident occurred at the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass, as a result of which 51 people died.

According to preliminary data, the explosion of methane is believed to be the cause of the accident at the mine.

The Investigative Committee opened a case on the negligence of Rostekhnadzor employees.

Charges have already been brought against five defendants in the case.

Also, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced the creation of a government commission on the tragedy in the Listvyazhnaya mine.