
‘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: March 6, 2006
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The chief engineer of the shipyard Vadim Churikov said to Interfax that the court recognised the necessity to make additional examination of the situation, due to the defence significance of the shipyard.
The same situation is with another navy shipyard no.10 in Polyarny in Murmansk region. The shipyard’s management said the enterprise can be taken out of the navy control and transferred under the Nerpa shipyard jurisdiction, Interfax reported. This could help to improve the financial situation at the shipyard no.10.
Today the military shipyards in Murmansk region owe $45m to the state budget. The average age of the workers is 40 years and the assets are 50% worn out. The shipyards are in fact bankrupts. The representative of the Murmansk administration said to the Interfax agency, that the shipyards are the city-forming companies in the closed military towns and their closure could greatly damage the defence capability of the country.
“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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