Another 15 billion rubles are required for the completion of the Vostochny Cosmodrome

The completion of the starting complex of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, 15 billion rubles are additionally required. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov, reports Gazeta.ru.

"The residual amount of work on the starting complex of the cosmodrome exceeds the allocated amount of financing by 15 billion rubles," Komarov said during the operational meeting. According to him, there is a great lag in the work on the installation and test complex. In addition, the critical situation remains on the supply of equipment for electrical and water supply.

The readiness of the starting complex is 74 percent, Alexander Mordovets said deputy head of Spetsstroy.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin called for the second stage of the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Interfax reports . It includes the construction of a starting complex for a heavy rocket launch vehicle of the Angar family and launching launch vehicles with manned spacecraft.

“It’s time to start these works, as workers released from objects of the first stage,” he said at a meeting with representatives of subcontracting organizations at the cosmodrome.

Rogozin also asked Rostrud to monitor the situation with the payment of salaries to builders until the end of work on the East. According to him, all salary debts should be repaid until April 30.

“I ask the Rostrud to continue these checks, to carry out them largely almost until the end of all construction work, so that we have no more cases,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.

He cited the data of 84 checks that Rostrud carried out from April 20-24. Debts were established in 17 of 46 organizations involved in the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Of the total amount of debt as of April 24, 28.14 million rubles were paid in eight organizations. In the near future, debt in seven organizations totaling 38 million rubles is expected.

It is known that work on the Eastern is undergoing a great delay. In addition, a scandal has recently erupted in connection with a multi -month delay in workers' salaries.

On March 24, the workers of the Stroy Industry-S declared a strike due to non-payment of salaries . On April 8, it was reported that 9 million rubles from the amount of debt to workers have already been paid. The total debt of the Stroy Industry-S to its workers, according to the TFR, at that time exceeded 14 million rubles.

On April 6, a criminal case was opened under part 2 of Article 145.1 of the Criminal Code (full non -payment of more than two months of wages), which provides for up to three years of the colony. Later on the same day, the general director of Stroyindustry-S, Sergey Terentyev, was detained. On April 8, he was arrested for two months .

Nevertheless, the workers of the Stroy Industry-S did not completely receive a salary. On April 22, 20 of them were declared a hunger strike until the debt was fully repayment to them .

On April 16, during the "direct line" of the workers of the Pacific Most -Building Company "directly from the construction site, they turned to President Vladimir Putin with a complaint about many months of salary delays. On April 21, the court arrested the general director of TMK Igor Nesterenko .

On April 26, the court arrested the general director of DSS LLC Roman Suvorov, the press service of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Amur Region reports . He was also charged with non -payment of salaries.