quote:Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov ordered the government to form a commission to investigate the blast and sent Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko to the accident site, the Interfax news agency reported.
Accidents are common in the Russian coal industry, and miners stage frequent protests over wage delays and declining safety standards. Local prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into negligence of safety standards at the Taizhina mine, state television reported.
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posted 12 April 2004 05:03 AM
The conditions in the Russian mines have always been atrocious. The miners union was one of the most militant in the period just before and after the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of Soviet rule. It is not suprising.
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