“But all this will be determined by the investigation that will be carried out in order to understand whether there were violations, these violations are related to the fact that something was not fulfilled or these are insufficient requirements that need to be strengthened.
This will be determined by the results of the work of the commission to investigate this tragedy, ”RIA Novosti quotes Shulginov.
He noted that "always after such tragedies, a revision of regulatory requirements is possible."
Rescuers confirmed the deaths of 46 miners and six rescuers at a mine in Kuzbass.
The authorities announced a three-day mourning period from November 26 to 28.
The Social Insurance Fund will pay the relatives of the dead miners 1 million rubles each.
The explosion of methane is considered to be a preliminary cause of the accident.