
‘The international community must boycott the Russian nuclear industry’
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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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.
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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