INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
closure and mass layoffs entered a second day, the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europa reported Friday.The strike at the Mariinsky
emerald mine, located on Europe's largest emerald deposit, started Thursday, when 80 to 150 miners refused to leave the mine and come to
their managers promised to tell them whether the video call with Putin would take place by 5:00 p.m
video conference.The Mariinsky mine belongs to the Rostec state defense conglomerate, which is headed by Sergei Chemezov, a close associate
The United States placed sanctions on Rostec in 2022.While the existing Mariinsky mine will still be mothballed, all employees have been
promised jobs at another ore deposit, an official in the Sverdlovsk regional administration said Thursday after the strike began.
