The reason for the tragedy in the Bezengi Gorge in Kabardino-Balkaria, when 17 climbers died, was the "exposure" of the glacier due to climate change. This was announced in the KBR parliament by the deputy head of the main administration of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the KBR, Eldar Khaskhozev, the first. On September 6, a snow and ice collapse occurred in the Bazangi gorge in Kabardino-Balkaria on Mt. Mizirgi. He covered a group of 33 climbers. 17 climbers died, 10 were saved, 6 were injured and arrived at the hospital. According to TASS estimates, the death of climbers in the Kabardino-Balkaria mountains has become the most massive in Russia in a quarter of a century. TASS/Caucasus in Max.