17:56, 20 October 2025

An injured passenger on a cable car in Nalchik was awarded 2 million rubles.

A court in Kabardino-Balkaria ordered the owner of a cable car in Nalchik to pay 2 million rubles to one of the victims of the August accident.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," 12 tourists were injured when a cable car collapsed in Nalchik on August 8, one of whom was seriously injured. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on providing unsafe services resulting in serious bodily harm. By the evening of August 9, three victims remained in hospitals, two of whom required surgery. In September, a court ordered the owner of the facility to pay the three victims over 3 million rubles.

The cable car in Nalchik's city park was built in 1968. Since February 2005, it had been privately owned (the owner is Zhemchuzhina Excursion Complex LLC, director is Vindizheva), authorities stated. The main reason for the cable break was said to be wear and tear on the lift. Tourists have repeatedly complained about the condition of the cable car, a ticket for which cost 500 rubles: they wrote that the lift was "very old," "everything is rusty," and "everything is held together by snot," and also criticized the design: "a seat with a chain and that's it."

The Nalchik City Court upheld the prosecutor's office's claim filed on behalf of one of the victims of the chairlift break in the city park.

According to the court's decision, the owner and operator of the cable car is obligated to pay the injured woman 2 million rubles.

“She was awarded 1.5 million rubles in moral damages and a fine of 500,000 rubles for failure to voluntarily satisfy consumer demands,” the Kabardino-Balkaria Prosecutor's Office reported today on its official Telegram channel.

The "Caucasian Knot" reported on another recent cable car accident in Kabardino-Balkaria: on September 12, three people died when a cable car cable broke on Mount Elbrus. . Several more people were injured when suspended chairs carrying people fell onto the cliffs. In October, the Elbrus District Prosecutor's Office filed lawsuits on behalf of the sons of the two deceased men. One of the victims is seeking 10 million rubles in compensation for the death of his father, and the other is seeking 15 million rubles.

The director and chief engineer of the cable car company were detained and arrested in connection with the deaths. They were charged on September 29.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/416496