
The factory district court of Kemerovo arrested for two months Nadezhda Suddenok , the tenant of the Winter Cherry shopping and entertainment center, in which 64 people were killed. She is accused of providing unsafe services, reports TASS.
"Choose a preventive measure <...> in the form of arrest until May 25, 2018," said Judge Dmitry Shandrov. The 44-year-old Suddenok was sent to the pre-trial detention center, notes the Kemerovo newspaper .
The representative of the investigation petitioned for the arrest of the accused. At the same time, he explained this like this: the suspect is not married, there are no children, but he has a large amount of money, which means that he can hide from justice, reports vse42.ru .
In turn, the lawyers of the Suddenok, according to TASS, expressed disagreement with the charge and asked the court to choose a preventive measure that was not related to detention. According to them, the tenant did not try to hide and collaborates with the investigation. One of the defenders drew the attention of the court to the fact that the tenants of the premises are also victims, but they do not make claims to other tenants and owners of the building.
According to vse42.ru, the accused has already stated that it would appeal the court decision on the arrest.
The court also sent the shopping center of the shopping center Sergey Antyushin . According to the newspaper, he is accused of providing services that do not meet the safety requirements of life and health, which entailed the death of two or more persons through negligence.
According to investigators, Antyushin did not include a fire alarm in the shopping center on manual control, TASS reports from the courtroom. The guard did not admit his guilt. He told reporters that the alarm button was invaluable, and he reported this to the authorities.
According to media reports , the investigation petitioned for his arrest for one month and 29 days. “Choose <...> the measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of 1 month 29 days, until May 25, 2018,” said Judge Irina Masalitina.
In addition, the technical director of the shopping officer of the shopping center - Kemerovo confectionery plant - Georgy Sobolev was arrested for two months. It was he who was responsible for security in the Winter Cherry shopping center, writes the newspaper Kemerovo .
In addition to Suddenok and Antyushin, in the fire case, an employee and director of the fire -alarm system "System Integrator" Alexander Nikitin and Igor Polozinenko were detained.
SK petitioned for the arrest of all the defendants. The court on Wednesday solves this issue.
A fire in the Winter Cherry shopping and entertainment center in Kemerovo occurred on March 25. According to official figures, 64 people became victims of the emergency. The fire occurred on the top floor where the cinema halls were located, on Sunday there were many children. A large number of minors among the dead and victims are connected with this.
On the fact of an emergency in Kemerovo, a criminal case was opened under Articles 109, 219 and 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Causing death by negligence”, “violation of fire safety requirements that entailed by negligence the death of two or more persons”, “the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements”). 49 people were recognized as victims of it, the media reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that all owners of the shopping center should take part in the investigation of the tragedy. One of them - businessman Denis Shtengelov - is currently, according to the media, is in Australia. He previously stated that he intends to return to the Russian Federation.
Shtengelov also said that he was communicating with representatives of the Investigative Committee by phone and provides all the information available to him. He also promised to pay the dead to the families of three million rubles for each person.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev demanded that the owner of the burned shopping center be liable. "[Even] If he is sitting, the owner is still in Australia. Everyone must answer, everyone should be real justice," Tuleyev said in his video message .
On March 28, national mourning has been announced in Russia.