Krasnoyarsk metro construction workers are having their equipment confiscated due to debts: promised payments from Moscow have never arrived.
The contractor leading the construction of the metro, may lose Nine trucks and three cars, which were purchased on lease. Due to Moscow's several-month delay in payment for completed work, the builders missed the last two equipment payments—around four million, a source told Borus. Meanwhile, the client's debt to the company amounts to 18 million rubles.
Problems for Krasnoyarsk metro construction workers began in August of last year: a glitch in the long chain of contractors led to delays in wages. In December, dump truck drivers staged protest, parking right under the windows of the regional government building. And after the traffic police issued tickets for parking under a no-parking sign and for not having a vehicle inspection, Krasnoyarsk residents collected money to pay for them.
Following the protests, workers paid Wages are owed. The remaining payments for completed work, according to company representatives, have still not been transferred.