The director of the Raspadskaya mine, Igor Volkov, wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will, and, as Interfax reports, citing sources, it was satisfied. In general, this action is more than logical after the public rebuke that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave Volkov. Although it is strange that these messages did not arrive immediately - for some time the company’s press service still stated that Volkov was participating in the work to eliminate the consequences of the accident.