25 May 2004 13:12
Major Russian defence plant to have power supply cut off
Saransk, 25 May: The Ulyanovskenergo company today announced that it would cut off the power supply to Ulyanovsk
Machine-Building Works completely.
The power-generating company said this decision was because the defence enterprise owes many million roubles in
debts. The current debt alone for power consumed is R34.2m, whereas the works's overall debt to the power engineers
is R233.7m.
Negotiations between the power engineers and Valeriy Davydov, the enterprise's outside manager, have been
fruitless and the forced disconnection of a number of the works's facilities last week has brought no results
either. The works will come to a complete standstill on Thursday [27 May]. [Passage omitted]
[ITAR-TASS news agency] |
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