Fire at the Aerospace Forces research institute in Tver

Tver, Tver Oblast · 21 Apr 2022

On 21 April 2022 a building of the Defence Ministry's Central Research Institute of the Aerospace Forces in Tver caught fire. According to the criminal case files cited by RIA Novosti, 23 people died.

Official figures

• Dead, by the official count: 23 (as of 27 Feb 2025) archive copy

The sources' words

• On the death toll, as of 27 Feb 2025: «В результате пожара погибли 23 человека, следует из материалов дела.» РИА Новости: «Родственники погибших при пожаре в тверском НИИ взыскивают моральный вред», 27.02.2025 · archive copy

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