Aman Tuleyev (Kemerovo Region, governor) promised to close down any coal enterprises guilty of systematic safety rules violations, ITAR-TASS agency relates. According to Tuleyev, large-scale inspections of all regional coal mines are under way.
Meanwhile, closing down more mines may aggravate emerging domestic shortage of coal.
The strict measures are necessary to put an end to fatal accidents, the problem shaping itself as more social and political than technological, Tuleyev explains.