The resigned mayor of Prokopyevsk Starchenko: there was no banquet on the day of mourning 
Sent for a banquet on the day of the mine explosion ” Listvyazhnaya ”the former mayor of Prokopyevsk Vyacheslav Starchenko explained after the incident. His words are reported by REN TV.
According to the ex-mayor, there was no celebration in honor of his inauguration. He also said that the banquet was filmed by “a completely unknown person.”
“There was no banquet. And I was not there, and there were no ceremonies for my inauguration. You saw this video. I am not there, anyone can be registered, but I was not there! “, – explained Starchenko.
The ex-head of Prokopyevsk stressed that he intends to apply to law enforcement agencies for an objective examination of the incident. He also said that he was counting on a personal meeting with the governor of the region, Sergei Tsivilev.
On the evening of November 26, the governor of the Kemerovo region, Sergei Tsivilev, announced that the head of Prokopyevsk, Vyacheslav Starchenko, was dismissed for a party in honor of his appointment to the post, which he arranged during mourning in the Kemerovo region. He noted that those present at the party “apparently have no heart”, and the mayor of the city who allowed himself a banquet was dismissed. who died in the mine. An emergency in the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass happened on the morning of November 25, as a result of the accident 52 people died.