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Investigative bodies of the RF Investigative Committee for Irkutsk region conducts a pre-investigation check on the files received from interior bodies in respect of leadership of one of the Usolye-Sibirskoye enterprises on the signs of the crime under article 293 of the RF Criminal Code (negligence).

According to information of the investigation, on 25 April 2012, the law-enforcement bodies of Cheremkhovsky district received a message from the residents of Svirsk stating that they found an oil spot in the Angara river, which was moving to the town of Cheremkhovo. The oil got into the river as the result of illegal cut into the pipeline of the enterprise located in Usolye-Sibirskoye. Almost a week people of three local settlements – towns Cheremkhovo and Svirsk, village Mikhailovka – had no water supply. At present water is supplied only for technical needs. Drinking water is provided by automobile transport.

At present a complex of checks is being run to establish all circumstances and causes of the accident. A procedural decision will be taken on the results of the check.