This report quoted Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin as saying "there were no mass water releases or overflow over the dam" from the Neberdzhayevskoye Reservoir.
"Our best forces are now involved in the investigation, which is being supervised by the highest-ranking officials, " said Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor-General's Office.
The committee's spokesman, Vladimir Markin, said the panel has responded by opening a criminal case into the alleged attempted murder of the men, who the committee has recognized as aggrieved parties.