Overview
- Nizhnekamskneftekhim, which confirmed Tuesday the on-site search had ended, put the official death toll at 12.
- Twenty-five injured people remain hospitalized in Nizhnekamsk, Kazan, and Moscow.
- The company said it will pay 10 million rubles to each bereaved family and 3 million to each hospitalized worker, with rehabilitation support to follow.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a case on safety violations following the March 31 blast, and the company cited a preliminary equipment failure.
- The plant is a major SIBUR synthetic rubber producer in the Volga industrial cluster, highlighting the wider economic stakes for the region.