Tuesday, March 25, 2014

ON SAKHALIN PROTEST CONTINUES MINERS

On Sakhalin PROTEST CONTINUES MINERS

On Sakhalin, 18 miners, a week ago in the face to a depth of 142 meters and refused to come to the surface-to-maturity debt on payment of wages, continue to protest.

As reported on Monday by the regional prosecutor Yuri Denisov, two of them are from the bottom up abandoned mine bankrupt enterprise Miner and headed to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to a meeting with Governor Ivan Malakhov.

On the fact of non-payment of wages, and abuse of office prosecuted, detained in the temporary detention Uglegorskogo District Department of Internal Affairs is the bankruptcy trustee company Tatyana Dmitrieva, - said the prosecutor.

He also told RIA Novosti that victim status while 50 are considered employees of more than 400, in the course of a criminal investigation circle of victims may be extended.

The victims are recognized by those who are not receiving a salary from June to August 15 this year, - said Denisov. The investigation has found evidence of illegal transfer of rental and sale of property companies.

The bill goes to the millions of rubles, - said the prosecutor. Most of the proceeds, which were used to pay down the company#39;s debts, including salaries, have yet to score mine office.

Total wage arrears since 2002, as the company was in receivership, reached 34 million rubles.

Moreover, the revealed facts such as mined coal sold at below cost price, which is also increasing the company#39;s debts, - said the regional prosecutor.

For example, at a cost of one ton of coal in 1000 - 1000 $ 100, it was sold to other undertakings and costs 600-700 rubles.

In the course of a criminal investigation confiscated all the documentation carried out financial audits, checks all contracts with other economic entities, - said Denisov.

I would also like to clarify that the miners did not conduct a hunger strike, organized food and medical care, but the conditions in which the past week the protesters are not conducive to health, - said the prosecutor.

Denisov and the Vice-Governor of region Sergey Sheredekin down in the face to a depth of 142 meters and met with the miners, told them about the work and asked them to come to the surface, but the miners refused and said they would be underground until full repayment of wage arrears.