Issue #1522 (84), Friday, October 30, 2009

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Riot Police Raid Dam Disaster Site

By Maria Antonova

The St. Petersburg Times

MOSCOW — The Investigative Committee and OMON riot police swooped into the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in a raid Tuesday, seizing documents and isolating employees at their workstations in a probe into an August accident that killed 75 people.

RusHydro, the state-controlled owner of the plant, said the surprise raid halted all activities there, snarling repair work and efforts to prepare the plant for the winter.

The Investigative Committee has been working at the plant since the Aug. 17 accident caused a flood that killed 75 workers, but this is the first time that OMON officers have been brought in.

“The company has been fully complying with the investigation, and we are very surprised at the presence of the OMON,” Dubovets said.

The Investigative Committee declined to comment on the matter.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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