"Organized and started to check compliance with the requirements of legislation on industrial safety, licensing, state control (supervision), the procedure for considering citizens' appeals in the Siberian Department of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision," - said the press service of the supervisory agency.
Prosecutors will assess the completeness, timeliness and legality of the measures taken by officials of Rostechnadzor, if there are grounds, appropriate prosecutorial response measures have been prepared.
At the same time, the progress and results of the check are under the control of the Prosecutor General's Office.
As a result of the tragedy at the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region, 46 miners and six rescuers were killed.
On November 26, the head of Kuzbass announced that a living person had been found in the Listvyazhnaya mine.
As previously reported, the explosion of methane is preliminarily considered to be the cause of the emergency at the mine.
The Investigative Committee has already opened a case on the negligence of Rostekhnadzor employees.
Two criminal cases will be investigated in the central office of the UK.
Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Dmitry Demeshin said that miners who worked at the Listvyazhnaya mine had previously complained about high levels of methane.