Putin awarded the miners of the Western mine and rescuers

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented today in the Kremlin of the Order and medals to 16 miners and ministers who participated in the elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Western mine in the Rostov region. Ten miners were awarded the orders of courage, four - medals "For the salvation of the dying" and two - orders "For Merits to the Fatherland" II degree, Interfax reports.

As the president noted, congratulating the miners and rescuers, "the spirit of collectivism, support, self -sacrifice is distinguished by our people, and the fact that you once again demonstrated it again is very important for Russia." According to the head of state, "for the fate of miners who fell into trouble, we all worried, the whole country was worried." “But you survived, did not succumb to despair, fulfilled your duty to the end,” he said.

The President especially noted the head of the department of mining equipment of the Rostovugol company Sergey Zhurkin, the mining of the West Miner School Viktor Zakharov. “They rallied the group, organized, ensured an access to the cash barrel, supported the morale of their colleagues,” said Vladimir Putin.

The president also praised the actions of rescuers. “They acted professionally, accurately and at the same time all technical solutions to eliminate the accident were accurate, non -standard and productive,” he added. The President also noted the heroic work of the mining brigade under the leadership of the foreman of the face of the Komsomolskaya Pravda mine Leonid Chocy.

At the same time, Vladimir Putin considers it necessary to "seriously strengthen safety control" in the mining industry. “The tragedy at the western mine should become a serious lesson,” he emphasized at the ceremony of presenting state awards to miners and mining rescuers. The problems of coal regions should be solved by the complex efforts of the federal center and regions, Vladimir Putin is sure.

As the head of state emphasized, "it is necessary to seriously strengthen control over safety measures, as well as continue the modernization of production, the introduction of new more safe technologies, and increase the technical equipment of paramilitary mining units." He added that it is necessary to strengthen the economy of the industry as a whole.

Vladimir Putin suggested solving the problems of the industry together with coal regions. "We know how to live and how it works in this industry," the president said. At the same time, he noted that "where people went through complex, necessary, painful changes, the situation has changed, and where this was not done, there are more problems than it was."

“This is the task of the ministry, government, regions, owners,” said Vladimir Putin. "Without the support of the federal center, Moscow is so complex, large, large -scale problems are not solved," he said. “Let's solve them together,” the head of state called.

On October 23, 46 miners were blocked at the West Capital mine in the Rostov Region due to a breakthrough of groundwater. On October 25, rescuers raised 33 miners to the surface. On October 29, another 12 miners were discovered, one of them died. Another miner - Sergey Tkach - is considered missing. His searches on October 31 were stopped. The headquarters to eliminate an emergency motivated this decision by the fact that it is dangerous to continue the search for mountain rescuers.