Airport construction workers in Kamchatka have gone two months without pay: the prosecutor's office has launched an investigation.

The new airport in Yelizovo was built by workers from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. All without pay. remained 96 fitters and general laborers. They are currently living in a hostel on the construction site but are unable to go home. 

Into business intervened The prosecutor's office reported that it had launched an investigation. The workers were hired by Moscow-based Fortuna LLC, and some of them did not have employment contracts. 

The airport began accepting flights in March. It was under construction since 2021, with 28 billion rubles invested in the construction. Wrote "NotMoscow." Meanwhile, residents criticized the builders' work: the fire suppression system leaked during testing, and passengers complained about the use of cheap materials. Residents of the region were also slammed by news about wage arrears. published  a large number of anti-immigrant comments. 

"Considering the crap they built, they shouldn't be getting any money at all," "They ruined all the materials, the interior finish is simply disgusting, there are cracks everywhere, it's awful," "Maybe they'll finally go back home to their homeland," "What should they be paid for? For the shoddy work they slapped together?", "They built it the way they paid for it."

Meanwhile, this is not the first time wages have been delayed in Kamchatka. Employees of the budget municipal unitary enterprise, who were engaged snow removal during the mega-blizzards, they were short-paid 80 rubles for March. The strike promised The workers in Vilyuchinsk also announced that they were building a Ministry of Defense facility. 

Photo: Kamchatka Krai Prosecutor's Office.