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The 2015 Omsk building collapse occurred on 12 July 2015 at a military facility on the outskirts of Omsk, Russia. 23 soldiers died and another 19 were injured after a roof and walls of an army barracks building collapsed at the 242nd Training Centre of the Airborne Forces. According to an investigative committee, the collapse could likely be attributed to code violations during repairs that were made to the building over the two years preceding the incident. It was believed that one of the building’s load-bearing external walls was weakened by these renovations, and that led to the collapse. The subcontractor carrying out the repairs, the RemEksStroy Company, had a history of doing repair and reconstruction work for the Russian armed forces, and a history of construction law violations. At the time of the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families of the soldiers killed in Omsk and promised to “keep monitoring” the situation.
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