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The Kremlin refused to comment on the actions of the Kemerovo authorities
The press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on the actions of the Kemerovo authorities after a fire in the shopping center "Winter Cherry", where 64 people were killed , including 41 children.
“I would not want to give and I can hardly give an assessment of the actions on these critical days of the Kemerovo administration. This is not my job. In the city of grief. There is concentrated grief, and rumors are quickly spreading in this situation,” Peskov quoted Rain as saying.
The question of journalists to Peskov was caused by earlier reports that the Governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev did not go to the gathered on March 27 for a spontaneous rally to citizens requiring the truth about the number of dead and his resignation. The next day, the first vice-governor of the region, Vladimir Chernov, called the past rally a planned action aimed at discrediting power structures, and praised Tuleyev for ignoring the protest.
The vice-governor of the Kemerovo region, Sergei Tsivilev, who was present at the rally, was distinguished by the fact that he accused of trying to promp the man, whose whole family died in a fire. Later, Tsivilev asked for forgiveness from the rally participants, while kneeling.
The fire in the Winter Cherry shopping center in Kemerovo began on March 25, they could only extinguish it after 12 hours. The fire occurred on the top floor where the cinema halls were located, on Sunday there were many children. According to official figures, 64 people died in a fire.
On March 27, lists of the dead were published, whose personalities were established, missing and hospitalized.
On March 28, national mourning has been announced throughout Russia.