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Article

15 Mar 2010

Author:
Maria Antonova, The Moscow Times

Sochi Olympic workers unpaid for months [Russia]

Hundreds of workers at an Olimpstroi-funded construction site in Sochi have not been paid in months, with some complaining that they are going hungry after giving up their passports as collateral to get food at grocery stores. The scandal is the latest to hit Russia’s $13 billion effort to ready the Black Sea resort for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Residents displaced by construction…complained…they are not being adequately compensated, while environmental activists say the work is blighting the region…Sergei Dykhalov, who was hired by general contractor Moskonversprom…said he hadn’t [received] his salary since December…Moskonversprom blames its subcontractors for the working conditions and delayed wages, but the subcontractors say they have not been paid. Workers for both the general contractor and the main subcontractor told…they were not being paid…Moskonversprom...denied...[it] had failed to pay any salaries and accused Solnechny Dom of stealing 1.5 million rubles…