Workers on duty at the Tomsk Instrument plant defended their right to work by force. On August 25, the company’s employees forced their way into their workplaces through “cordons” set up by the association of security companies. The bankruptcy manager of the Tomsk Instrument Management Company ordered the private security company to ban employees from entering its workshops as part of the bankruptcy procedure. However, the employees are employed by the limited liability company Tomsk Instrument, which formally has nothing to do with bankruptcy.