they rise to the top joyfully of each other and bring down the bottom, as quickly as possible, so as not to become the hero of some regular news about elbrus that here is a group of tourists blah blah blah and the like, not all of this, in short, evil spirits that sometimes pours we will not talk about it now and will not participate in it with the media during the ascent denis alimov controlled the work of his subordinates by phone, and he himself was in karelia developed a new direction of the tourist business immediately after the tragedy alimov was summoned by the investigative department of the icr for kabardino-balkaria, came with a lawyer and immediately wrote a confession as a witness in the presence of a defense lawyer. yes. he is fully acknowledging the testimony, recounted the circumstances. how did you organize it all? how did you recruit a team, how did you recruit your species? after that, on suspicion of committing these

crimes, he was detained; he was charged with committing this crime during interrogation. as an accused, also his guilt recognized denis alimov, they were taken to the city court of nalchik and these shots were arrested. we showed at the beginning of the program, accused in a high-profile criminal case, demanded that all journalists be removed from the hall the very next day. our film crew went to the pre-trial detention center to meet with the arrested person, but alimov did not even leave the isolation cell, his position as the organizer of the death climb. i told it only to the investigator, and he has been engaged in this

activity for more than a year. he has a page called the site elbrus-guide, where he publishes. uh the schedule of climbing mount elbrus e, also in the course of this he recruits e, guides and their assistants, who directly raise this group already on the ascent in the city of pyatigorsk, he has an office. elbrus guide travel company , their address is here cathedral 20. here. sorry, i’m really elevated, though i don’t understand, even something for a company, somehow it’s not even heard by me at all, we tried to find the office of an individual entrepreneur alimov it would seem nothing complicated on the website of the office the address, city pyatigorsk cathedral street house 20. we approach the

indicated building. there is a guest house here. rooms for rent . our film crew did not find anything similar to the office of ip kid alimov. we are trying unsuccessfully to find the office of the company elbrus guide, who organized the ascent to elbrus, now we will try to call their office. hello nikolai please tell me, where is your office located? we are trying to find your office in pyatigorsk and got a little lost. yes, let 's try to

recreate the history of that fateful ascent to the elbrus program included many stages at the beginning of several days of acclimatization, some tourists abandoned the trip. as a result, 16 people went to the top of elbrus. they were accompanied by denis alimov's subordinates, two guides. ilya chuikov and anton nikiforov and two more assistant guides daulan-keb igor dankov. all of them considered themselves experienced climbers who had climbed elbrus more than once. yes, and the route was familiar to them.

elbrus has two peaks, western and eastern, usually tourists tend to reach western because it above 5.642 m they advance at night to meet the sunrise above and take beautiful photos for memory this time was no exception from the base camp, the group started at 2:00 am to a height of 5.100 m. the tourists got further on the crab on foot. the group has overcome the so-called saddle is the space between the two peaks of elbrus at a height of 5.642 m. the tourists arrived at 10 o'clock in the morning. the guide, 28-year-old ilya chuikov, told us what happened next, he led tourists to the top. now this young man is a defendant in a criminal case literally in 20 minutes of descent, the group turned

from a walking, adequate, vigorous group into participants who absolutely physically could not control themselves with their legs. by that time , probably two people were able to walk. as soon as the railing ended due to a strong snowstorm. uh, the guides tied up the participants, we made two bundles out of them, but we couldn’t move away from the period, probably even 10 m. so , according to the state of health there, according to well-being. ah, both ligaments broke, first the first one, then literally 10 seconds later for it rolled, the second rolled out onto the saddle. and during this rolling, one of the participants tried to slow down with a cat, what should i do? well, we can’t say, that ’s how they taught it, and as it turned out. well, below it was confirmed he broke his leg in three places. judging by the words of chuikov, a panic began at the height and among the

travelers and among those accompanying no one knew how to act in an emergency situation. chuyakov insists that he took all measures to save people. i had a satellite your phone. all guides had navigators, that is technical guides were provided, and the problem was complicated by the fact that in such a blizzard it really is. i have never seen such a blizzard. ah, it was impossible to work, because the sensors did not stop responding to the frozen fingers. i was just shouting sputnik, i was shouting our coordinates. i shouted how many people we were, where we are and called the rescuers, that is, there was a satellite, but they communicated successfully unsuccessfully, and at that moment we could not understand, but as it turned out, the rescuers did not confirm that there was some kind of signal. i then and decided, uh, to start the descent and contact the rescuers already from the site, which is called the oblique ledge. this is a section of 5,300 to 5,100

chuikov's story does not sound very convincing, it is still not clear. why couldn't the alarm be sounded immediately after the weather turned bad? why the guides took time to answer these questions the defendants and the cell could not answer. i am the person who took responsibility for this group. e, who met them there in pyatigorsk, which, let's say, had to return them to this pyatigorsk, no one intentionally tried to harm those who did not save, deliberately there their lives, substituting the lives of the participants, so it's hard for me to say, that is, i am in any case, as a guide, as a person. i feel responsible for this group. chuikov's private guide anton nikiforov does not seem to feel guilty, he was also charged with talking to our film crew

. just turned to face the wall. the fact is that the person involved in the criminal case allegedly agreed with one of the federal channels to give exclusive comments just around the corner now questions. well, most of the people they let down alive, that is, the client who died, she died almost in front of my eyes. she begins to completely, in my opinion, the observations began to edema. i'm not a doctor just to give advice. i'm thinking now. yes, in principle, it was all the wind, and this was one of the reasons. although i had previously walked the weather, as you were climbing there were no problems. here in this i now myself, as it were, do not shoot. yes, i was

wrong in this, this position of the accused guides and lichikov and anton nikiforov however, the staff of the investigative committee established that that the problems began even on the ascent to the top of elbrus, the group reached and in full force during the ascent of one of the participants, and not makarova, became ill. assistant guide igor dankov led the girl back to the base camp. and this assistant, uh, turned around and attempted to bring her down, the main ones continued on their way, one of the groups got the first one and was already at the top for literally 2-3 minutes. well, as everyone explains, uh, they explain their testimony , the weather, weather, conditions, wind and the guides decided to quickly deploy the team and descend and hit. here are the bad weather. what did it all lead to? the version of the investigation was confirmed

by the climbers. indeed, the weather began to deteriorate literally before our eyes. and this is what one of the rescued tourists, dmitry dolgov, says, the guys at the top all fell down. that's it, they just fell for everything, or i don't know, at least there was some kind of euphoria, but in fact everyone felt bad, but it seemed to me that the guys were somehow very tired. here they are just lying around and not wanted to get up. anton of all. eh, i picked it up quickly and realized that the wind was also very strong eh, it changed literally in these two few minutes, right? it changed a lot, because there was no such strong wind on the rise, and on makarov , who, together with the assistant guide, went down, she felt even worse, according to the words of igor dankov, who accompanied her, the girl lost consciousness and died in his arms further the young man went down one at that time on the top was already

raging with might and main the storm of the guide decided to split the group into two platoons, in order to dress those who walk more slowly and those who walk faster, the wind, a strong one, tried to spread out this stretcher. there, just for six people, you will carry a private six, which means they laid me down. you know, the stretcher was laid out and then i hear. listen, they tell him, anton damn it. you yourself do not pass. well, now burov drag him. well, it’s generally unrealistic. hmm, although the slope in nissan is essentially rolling. basically, i have a hard time understanding them. there, it's hard to take two or three steps here. they probably left, therefore, well, in general, somehow. hear, here i am i start here. and anton just yell at them. here , he shouted directly with a cry, like bring everything. like , we're not leaving him here. i turn on my stomach, we begin to help with our hands there. i see, so i raise my head, i see behind us. nastya

, the girl who died, is already crawling on all fours. she saw that everyone began to go. here's and here's right here crawling. according to denis venersky at that time, almost none of the group could move independently, one of the guides. the same ilia chuikov went for help, my group went to that at the moment i led them to the pole on the saddle, i contacted before i left i contacted anton, i contacted the talent, or rather, to their location. they said they are finishing going through the period. that's how my group was right under the railing, accordingly, believing that they would come out on them anyway, and it turned out to be big. so alan and anton were with the group for a long time. and these are really heroes, but in my eyes and there okay, anton is a hero who gathered a group there that stayed with them to

the end. which well really taulana found with pulmonary edema with uh blind already practically. that is, these are people who, well, until the last could. stay there forever, let's say, the organizers are climbing. from the very beginning, the reason for the deaths was claimed to be bad weather, according to the guides, they did everything possible to save the tourists, but they were powerless against the elements. the wife of the main accused director of the travel agency, denis alimov, barely tried to explain to our film crew how the events on elbrus developed. the storm arose out of nowhere, but flew in with great force and the pressure dropped very sharply, and one of our guides said that his watch showed e. um,

well, the barometer on the clock showed altitude 6.220. despite the fact that they were actually at a height, there are 5.300 5.400. this tragedy largely happened due to the fact that there was a quick sudden sharp and fatal change in weather conditions. they went to the top in fine weather in style , started descending in the sun and blew, a light breeze, and then a terrible bad weather came up. and then they began to save the situation on their own and came out constantly. communication with the ministry of emergency situations and there are records of this in their phones about what they did, outgoing calls from the satellite on the phone, trying to call for help, but the investigation was confident that the organizers of the campaign could not have been unaware of the impending storm. here is what

the assistant guide igor talkov said while climbing the video he posted on his social networks on the eve of the snowy morning tragedy. tonight at night. we 're going to go to the top. the forecast is not very let's see how it will be. yes, winter has already come, almost albrus on september 3, 2021 in the area on the western summit of elbrus, wind gusts could reach 85 km/h, despite alarms from the hydrometeorological center. denis alimov's private guides nevertheless took a chance and led people to the heights. but an experienced guide, karina mezova, who herself introduces tourists to the mountains, assures that several of her

colleagues refused to climb that day, just because of a bad forecast and saved the lives of their clients. here, i have screenshots from the day before when people were making a prediction. uh, photographed the forecast at the top in the morning right from early morning. there was a wind of 50, turning into 75-85 kopecks. i mean , you couldn't go. absolutely not, absolutely not. of course not. the head of a large travel agency that organizes climbing elbrus, zara mariem, knows everything about the gray local business. he says that many colleagues care only about profit, and the safety of customers is the last thing they think about. this, in principle, i think, is the problem of our country, that someone has an ip llc registered there as self-employed, and someone just takes uh cash and leads, but now there is not a single

a law that would clearly regulate this area of ​​\u200b\u200bactivity to prohibit climbing elbrus , the authorities do not have an emergency situation, they can only warn of danger, and the police have the right to check. are the organizers of tours legally conducting entrepreneurial activities. here is one of the raids by the employees of the department for combating economic crimes of the ministry of internal affairs of kabardino-balkaria, the police arrived at the azau glade from where most of the tour groups start. it is located at the foot of elbrus, there are many hotels, cafes, equipment rentals. a group of tourists preparing for the ascent. so the guide instructor is all how many people live in a group of 10 participants and two guides, so far the group has been prepared. well, yes, well, there will be preparation in the process. david simonyan came from samara until

today, he did not go in for mountaineering for david. the first ascent of the elbrus equipment was rented by something of his own, so the children ended up with professional equipment directly. these are cats , trekking poles, and so on. everything was shown. today there was a detailed briefing, that is tried tested and now we are climbing new heights now. david, like all other tourists, chose the company for climbing according to reviews on the internet , he paid for the participation in the hike in advance, and when he arrived at the office of the company in pyatigorsk, he signed a paper that in the event of an emergency no claims to the guide and organizers of the tour, he would not have such novice extreme sportsmen . from year to year. more and more the director of the local market. rauzan guliyeva says that after the pandemic, there is interest in this place.

the closure of the border has repeatedly affected the growth. it gave impetus to the development of local business, not only writing, but also trade. here it will be, everything for this is here. here, even if a person arrives, without anything. in one t-shirt and in sneakers, everything that he needs for climbing will find everything here. and even the same skier. eh, if he comes, too, without even winter clothes at all, he will find everything, everything is here at a high level. here is alpindustriya. uh, for a person of average income, the powers of the police officers only allow you to check the documents of the organizers to make sure that they the ministry of emergency situations warned about the weather, rental points should have certificates for equipment here, for example, they were not there, the owner of the rental promised to find all the necessary papers and bring them to the finish. no one

knows how many people climb elbrus every year. and although each group must register with the ministry of emergency situations, indicating the number of participants in the dates of ascent and descent, not everyone does this. squad do you want to register? no, it is advisable to go to the service and officially register by phone , registration is not recommended. yes, we are waiting for you come in. we will put everything on record and the weather forecast, say, after the descent of the senior group, i must inform the ministry of emergency situations that all tourists have successfully completed the trip, if there is no such signal at the appointed time and it is impossible to contact the group, then the

rescuers have every reason to believe that an emergency has occurred and they immediately come to the rescue. according to the ministry of emergency situations of kabardino-balkaria during the 2021 season, 2,000,421 groups climbed elbrus, which is 19,528 people, 148 times rescuers had to go to help tourists in 2021. on grief, 23 people died. six disappeared without truth. these are the official numbers. how many people are actually trying to take the height is unknown ; there are tourists who even climb elbrus alone does not warn anyone of such a desperate admirer. our film crew met at the foot of the mountain sergey loginov arrived

from the kemerovo region in his native novokuznetsk , works as an air traffic controller climbing elbrus for the fourth time. generally one raising one. and if something happens, there, well, you will feel bad, certain, training, hypoxic training , there are many different things there. well, anyway, you can look at the weather forecast and it’s cooler, but it’s not so simple, of course, well, there is always a risk, there is always a risk. contact phone that is, you mind go to this rice? why? well , you try to go down, you will understand everyone all the time, climb the mountain and understand this is the feeling

when mountains are worthy, like on a mountain. at the very top, the feeling does not grieve, in appearance, the mountains cannot be defeated, she is invincible to defeat herself. and here it is feeling. here, in fact, the significance, probably , pushes you towards you. we went to elbrus in 1931. since then, it has been leading from the statistics of tragic cases. according to it, 121 people died at the top to compare the bik of pobeda, which is higher or a beam and is considered a more difficult mountain to climb, took 76 lives. the most massive was the death of tourists on elbrus in may 2006, then a group of 12 people climbed to the top due to a sharp deterioration in the weather, they had to stay for a cold night on the saddle, people dug in the snow, one person survived to be saved. guys, that's all . the tragedy that occurred on september 23,

2021 made us talk again about the need to regulate the sphere of extreme tourism at the legislative level. the management of the balkar republic analyzed incidents in the mountains, namely those related to the death of climbers, and in order to prevent the prevention of such incidents, if there management developed a proposal. in particular , this is an attestation of the gits who carry out the ascension by what has been said, as well as proposals to do, and the activity in mountain tourism is licensed, that is, so that random people cannot provide their services, as a rule, these services are provided on a contractual basis, that is, citizens do not conclude any written contracts, respectively , the guides themselves do not have any qualifications, not just in terms of experience. ascent to specific

peaks, but also experience in terms of rescue, and life in maximum conditions, while only denis alimov hunts in the season, the owner of the elbrus company is a guide, and other defendants in the criminal case. ilya chaikov and anton nikiforov are being treated by the relatives of the deceased tourists vyacheslav borisov anastasia zhigulina irina galchuk. anna makarova and elena nesterova are looking forward to the start of the trial and hopes that the perpetrators will be punished. in the meantime, a group with new tourists continue to climb to the top, accompanied by private guides, their amateur performances, as before, no one controls. climbing

elbrus is a dangerous occupation . professional training and experience are required rescuers local authorities. today, another urgent task is to restore order in this industry, to avoid new tragedies. this was our investigation from the republic, kabardino-balkaria and the stavropol territory, conclusions were drawn only to you. see you on russia 24 tv channel

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