The corresponding message was published on the website of the department.
“As of 18:00 55.6 thousand people remain without electricity.
More than 640 teams of about 2.1 thousand specialists and 720 pieces of equipment were involved in the work, ”the report says.
Earlier, the Ministry of Energy told about power outages in 13 Russian regions due to bad weather.
It was noted that more than 300 thousand people were left without electricity.