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Zenit Arena builders staged a rally over salary delays
In St. Petersburg, the builders of the Zenit Arena stadium blocked the entrances and exits from the construction site in protest against salary delays. It is reported by "Fontanka".
The publication reported that the workers also blocked a car belonging to the management of the general contractor for the construction, Inzhtransstroy-SPb. The riot police arrived at the scene.
According to Interfax , Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Igor Albin arrived at the construction site. After talking with him, the workers stopped the protest. Fontanka reported that an employee of the prosecutor's office also spoke with the protesters.
Albin said that the prosecutor's office will check the information about delays in wages. According to him, information about delays comes to the authorities regularly, but contractors can be held liable if payments are not made within three months.
“The inexplicable greed of the general contracting organization provoked command and staff exercises. Here we have them today. We must be ready for any development of events, especially since the World Cup in France showed that such readiness must be constant,” Igor Albin joked.
- The construction of the Zenit Arena began in 2007. It was assumed that the stadium will be put into operation in 2009, but its project has been changed several times, and the cost of construction has been revised upwards.
- The cost of the stadium is estimated at several tens of billions of rubles, which makes it one of the most expensive sports facilities in the world. In early June , it became known that an additional 4.3 billion rubles were allocated for construction.
- In connection with the construction of the Zenit Arena, several criminal cases were initiated, including fraud and theft, involving the heads of subcontractor companies. On July 6, the police carried out searches in connection with theft during construction.
- On July 8, the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Igor Albin , announced that the stadium was 85 percent completed. According to him, in December 2016 it will be put into operation.