INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A senior emergency official has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison over a mall fire that killed 60 people more than five years ago,
from five to 18 years on a range of charges in 2021-22.On Tuesday, a Kemerovo court found the former regional emergency chief, Major-General
lieutenant colonel Grigory Terentyev, was found guilty of negligence and fraud and sentenced to 8.5 years in prison.The aftermath of the
Vladimir Putin to release small businesses from safety inspections, raised concerns that malls around the country were also at risk of
burning down.Fire safety violations are common in Russia due to corrupt practices of exchanging building permits for bribes.
