The President of the Russian Federation instructed to create a special commission to investigate the explosion on the Crimean bridge
After of what happened On the morning of October 8, the state of emergency on the Crimean bridge, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of a special commission to investigate the explosion and further eliminate the consequences of the incident. The press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov informed the public about this.
He noted that the heads of law enforcement agencies, as well as the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov and the Ministry of Transport Gennady Saveliev reported the situation to the president. At the same time, Savelyev and Kurenkov have already flown to the scene.
Prime Minister Mishustin has already signed a document on the creation of an appropriate government commission, which will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Khusnullin. The commission also included representatives of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Construction, Rosmorrechflot, Rosavtodor, Roszhildor, the Russian Guard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Security Service, the head of the Krasnodar Territory and Crimea, as reported by the press service of the Russian government. Khusnullin has already informed that he will fly to the Crimea in the near future and personally inspect the damage to the bridge. The commission will make decisions on the spot on how to quickly resume the work of an important transport facility.
At the same time, conflicting signals began to come from the Crimean peninsula, various departments and organizations. Deputy Minister of Industrial policy Crimea, Irina Mezavtsova said that the food market is fully saturated, all retail chains are operating as usual. Stocks of food and non-food essentials will last for 55 days.
There is no reason for the increased demand. There are no product restrictions and they will not be introduced
Mezavtsova emphasized.
Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of the Crimea, wrote that the information about the restriction of the sale of goods on the peninsula is not true, in the near future there will be additional clarifications on this matter.
The press service of the government of Sevastopol reported that the city has a supply of gasoline for 40 days. They assured that there would be no shortage, so car owners do not need to stock up on fuel, the situation is the same with products. However, the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that a restriction is being introduced in Sevastopol on the sale of groceries: in one hand up to 3 kg or 3 packs of food.
The Russian Railways company reported that it had taken special control over the transportation of goods in the direction of the Crimea. The sale of tickets for trains to and from Crimea has been suspended. At the same time, the communiqué of the Grand Service Express railway transportation operator states that the refund of funds for railway tickets to and from Crimea will take place without deduction of fees.
Experts of the All-Russian Union of Insurers estimate the damage from the explosion on the Crimean bridge at 200-500 million rubles. Analysts of the ATOR service suggested that more than 50 thousand tourists could now be in Crimea, specifying that tour operators and authorities are counting. The Russian Union of Tourists reported that cancellations of tours to Crimea have not yet been recorded, but they are expected.
The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation has signaled that the Kerch ferry crossing is resuming work. The first ferry has already started the transition for loading and the start of activities, and three more ships are preparing to leave. At the same time, information was received that weather conditions may not allow the launch of the ferry crossing on October 8. But the Ministry of Transport of Crimea assured that weather conditions would not prevent the launch of a message through the Kerch Strait, two ferries are already being prepared, and several more are on the way.
In turn, the Prosecutor General of Russia, Igor Krasnov, instructed to ensure that after the emergency in Crimea, the prices for food and fuel were not raised.
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