Gukovo miners state stop of payments

According to organizers, 120 miners gathered today in the town of Gukovo, Rostov Region at the office of the "Kingcoal", a former coal company. Within a week, former employees received about 2 million roubles of salary debts; then, the payments stopped.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that since August 22, miners of the "Kingcoal" were on a hunger strike in Gukovo, demanding repayment of the debts, amounting to 300 million roubles, and issuance of their rational coal. Miners were hunger-striking at home, but regularly went out to protest actions. On September 27, the hunger strike was suspended.

"As of the evening on October 10, a total of 2973 payments were made, amounting to 19.532 million roubles," Nikolai Nadkernichny, a member of the initiative group to coordinate miners' protest actions told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"Pickets are held every weekday; the today's one was 120 persons strong. Payments were stopped," Mr Nadkernichny has stressed, adding that a meeting of the initiative group with the regional minister of fuel and energy and the city prosecutor was scheduled for October 14.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.