“There is only one section left in the mine, which ensures the pumping of water from the mine,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Earlier Tsivilev said that the identities of the five victims raised to the surface from the mine have been established.
On November 25, an accident occurred at the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass, as a result of which 51 people died and dozens were injured.
The Investigative Committee opened a case on the negligence of Rostekhnadzor employees.
Later it became known that the director of the Listvyazhnaya mine, Sergei Makhrakov, and several other bosses were arrested in connection with the accident.