HEARTBREAKING: Putin Meets With Families of Kemerovo Victims- Promises That Justice Will Be Dealt
We want to go back to Kemerovo. According to the latest updates, 64 people have died. Many of them are children. Vladimir Putin is in Kemerovo now. The President went there to honor the victims' memory. He visited the site of the fire, put up flowers at the emergent memorial by the burnt down mall. Afterwards, the head of state has visited the victims in the hospital.
There was a protest in the heart of Kemerovo today. People expressed their mistrust towards the investigation of the fire in the mall. Vladimir Putin has met with them and said there is no point to doubt the official data on the number of victims from the fire.
- We came to relax, the doors were locked, which is outrageous even without any fire. And with the fire, it's like people were in gas cameras, they suffocated.
Vladimir Putin: "We have an investigative committee of 100 people working on this, they will follow all the clues, starting with those who issued the permits, to those who were responsible for safety. Down to all those PSC guards who didn't press the button. All the clues will be followed. They'll start from the moment this building was registered and the permits were issued. They turned a factory into a multiplex. Who issued the permit to use these materials for this specific purpose? We'll figure it out".
- So, do we have your word that everything will be under control and the truth will come out?
Vladimir Putin: "You have my word".
- So, everything will be completely transparent?
Vladimir Putin: "I promise".
- I'm sorry, will the owners be punished?
Vladimir Putin: "What are you talking about?"
- People want them to be punished.
- I want our authorities to pay for this.
Vladimir Putin: "We'll take care of that. We won't jump to conclusions right now, nor will we place blame on anyone. But, these 100 investigators will work to the fullest. I give you my word on this, don't worry".
- A full investigation?”
Vladimir Putin: "Absolutely".
- That's why we have united on this…
Vladimir Putin: "The thing is that there a lot of sites like this around the country. SES started looking into this, and they found hundreds of similar cases".