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Publish date: September 8, 1998
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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At the same time as Yevgeny Primakov was nominated by President Yeltsin to be the new Prime Minister, an agreement was signed between the striking nuclear defense workers and acting Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov. Under the agreement, 317 million rubles will be allocated to the nuclear defense workers. This is about $16 million at the current exchange rate, and only half of the government’s wage arrears to the nuclear defense workers.
Employees at nuclear defense facilities in Russia laid down their tools Wednesday this week for a one-hour strike, and said they would stop work altogether unless their salary arrears were paid to them.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.