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In Omsk, a meeting was held the memory of miners Raspadskaya

Submitted by Редакция on 19 June, 2010 - 14:06

In Omsk, June 16 rally memory miners mine Raspadskaya. It has been dated to 40 days after the tragedy, when, after a methane explosion killed about 90 miners. Organized a rally Omsk branch of the Siberian Confederation of Labour (SKT). The purpose of the rally - to express public opinion on the safety at the enterprises of the Russian Federation. At the meeting were invited representatives of the official trade unions from the Federation Omsk Trade Unions (FOS).

Call for international solidarity with the miners of Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo region

Submitted by Редакция on 17 May, 2010 - 23:29

On the night of May, 8 a powerful explosion ripped through the Russia's largest coal mine Raspadskaya near the city of Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo region, followed by another methane blast 4 hours later. Several ground-based structures were destroyed by the double blast which also led to the ventilation system being rendered inoperative. The exact death toll is still unknown. Currently, official media reported 66 workers dead, 84 injured and 24 missing. A sudden excess of level of methane is said to have caused the explosion.

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