The incident at the mine named after Lenin in Mezhdurechensk in the south of the Kemerovo Region occurred on May 30. A total of 17 miners worked in the coalmine at the time of the rock collapse.

Eleven of them managed to make their way out while six others were trapped beneath the rock. One miner was found alive by the rescuers on Sunday and taken to hospital while another miner was found dead.

"The bodies of the miners have been found. Work is under way to bring the bodies to the surface. Therefore, the death toll in the coalmine incident has risen to three," Andrei Malakhov said.

The fate of two miners remains unknown.

By RIA Novosti