"The prosecutor's office of the republic has organized an inspection of compliance with the requirements of labor protection legislation in the activities of a mining enterprise," the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office said.

It is clarified that on the fact of the state of emergency a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art.

217 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of industrial safety requirements for hazardous production facilities, resulting in the death of a person).

Earlier it became known that in Buryatia, during blasting operations at the Vladimirsky mine, one person died and several were injured.