Recall that on August 30 last year, ten people from different regions of Russia and two guides began to climb the volcano. Going down the rocky part of the hill on September 3 at an altitude of about 4.5 thousand meters, eight tourists and one guide fell and fell. Five people, including the driver, have died. The four people who remained at the height died after three days.
Andrei Stepanov was arrested in September. According to investigators, the defendants were aware of the ban on visiting the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano and on excursions on it. However, he posted on the Internet an announcement about the organization of climbing the giant.
From March to August, ten people from Moscow, Vladimir, Moscow, the Chelyabinsk regions, the Altai Territories and Kamchatka signed an agreement with a travel agency and transferred in total about one million rubles for the provision of services.
They reached Kamchatka alone, and then received instructions with escorts hired by Stepanov.
The trek to the volcano began without the permission of the natural park to visit it, on an unapproved route and accompanied by two guides, who did not have the necessary qualifications to carry it out in more complex conditions. The result was a tragedy.
