Published an interesting article about Kerch bridge, which in Russia is called construction of the century. The publication was prepared by members of the public organization “Proposer” Oleg Baturin and Dmitry Lizunov specially for the website of the international volunteer community InformNapalm.
To build a bridge to Crimea, and went on foot to the Urals
“The main Russian project of the century” massively deceive the workers and draw student’s construction crews.
Almost 3 thousand kilometers on foot to his house almost had to go through a simple laborer from the Urals, a resident Chrysostom Vyacheslav Abdullin. On the way home many times he cursed himself for having responded to the announcement of one of the Ekaterinburg firms, promising to work in Chelyabinsk or Sverdlovsk regions on a rotational basis: “30 days with accommodation and meals, and after 15 days of rest at home.”
After signing necessary documents, it turned out, that in the Urals there was no work and is not expected.Therefore, Vyacheslav and others work is suggested to go to the Crimea. They were loaded on buses and taken to the coast of the Black sea, the construction of the Kerch bridge. When the watch is over, ride home workers, as it turned out, no one was going. The foreman referred to the absence of transport, so Vyacheslav Abdullin colleague and I decided to get home on their own. As for the work they were never paid, the builders had expected to get to the Urals hitchhiking, but truckers did not dare to take passengers, and they had to walk.
Wife of Vyacheslav Oksana placed an ad on the page trucker” “Vkontakte” with a request to help Vyacheslav to get home. According to the woman, by this time her husband walked for 4 days, eating berries and wild fruits.
“We have been Bataysk. A colleague called rum, and he’s already gone. We are on the M4 highway to Moscow. Much as you can, pass! I beg of you!” – on behalf of her husband wrote on July 27, Oksana, putting his cell phone number. But no one responded.So the woman had to arrange a small loan to send her husband money with which he bought a train ticket. “We have bad now with the money,” she explained. – Our house burned, we rent an apartment. My husband is a Builder, wanted to make a quick buck…”
Russian welders to share their experience on the “construction of the century”
This is not the only case when employed in the construction of the Kerch bridge workers bred for money. Recently a considerable sensation was caused variance in the online video with a poignant story of welders and installers living in the former the Kerch children’s camp at St. Ordzhonikidze, 80, – they have not been paid for over two months. In addition, fee per hour when the recruitment was promised a half times more than that which they are denied in the outfit.
“We work 2 months on the construction of the bridge on the Crimean side, a firm called “Business resource”. Wages are not paid. The contract is written, the amount of 23.50 per hour and the contract under which we were recruited to work, we were promised 1,500 rubles a day for 12-hour day with an hour break, seven days a week. We are all visitors, according to the contract we had to provide housing and food. All was arranged for the announcement (notice Board) “Avito”, – said the young Builder from Voronezh.
Work promised two meals a day, which not all battered. “After our 11-hour workday on the night shift they think that we are very tired, want to sleep and Breakfast we do not need. And the conditions of our visible: for 50 people equipped with only 2 toilets and water heater 110 liters”, – added work.
According to builders, they reached such a state that is ready to get the money to travel and return home. That will return them a salary, no one believes.
Another racy video of the construction of the Kerch bridge was published by the welder of the 5th discharge earlier (caution, obscene language):
To build a bridge name and residents of other territories occupied by Russia
Meanwhile, the Internet continues to dazzle with offers on construction of the Kerch bridge. Good jobs are trying to attract the “project of the century” and residents of the so-called DNR and LNR. The scheme is still the same: wishing promised a salary of 45 to 55 thousand rubles per month.
“Of course, meals and accommodation for own expense. Only from our city, the construction of the bridge went 15 people, and everything was back. In fact one of the people explained that housing and food in Crimea are very expensive, and many of the prices are higher than Moscow”, – shared his experience of a resident of debaltseve. The truth of his words was confirmed by the residents of Khartsyzsk, Avdeevka, Yasinovataya, because many of them this way of earning has already tested on themselves.
The shortage of workers on bridge construction in Russia decided tested Soviet method of attracting the so-called student construction brigades. The first such units were formed from the students of six leading universities of the Russian Federation: Moscow state automobile and road technical University, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Tyumen state architecture and construction University and others.
Part of the construction crew included the students who were placed in the village of the builders in the area of Taman. Another group involved in the construction of road approach to the bridge in the Crimea from the Krasnodar region.
According to the Director of construction of transport crossing through the Kerch Strait of the company “stroygazmontazh” Leonid Ruzankina, students perform “not the most complex and definitely non-hazardous work at the construction site of the bridge”. The practice of students on the facilities plan to finish for two months, until August 31. All participants of the construction crew promised a 5-day workweek with eight-hour working day, free accommodation and meals. For some, it’s practice, but we see that it is pure PR.
“Construction of the century” in Russia has prepared thoroughly. All milestones have been widely covered in the Russian media, and social networks created a special account maintained on behalf of “the Crimean bridge”. They “bridge” congratulates Russians on the Day of the Navy of the Russian Federation, the world day of whales and dolphins and even Victory Day. He also tells in detail about the process of piling and construction of the Seine estuary supports.
The bare figures of Imperial pride
The bridge itself is being built solely at the expense of the Federal budget under the Federal target program “Socially-economic development of the Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol until 2020”. The estimated cost of the project is 211,9 billion rubles in the prices of IV quarter of 2015. The movement of vehicles on the bridge, the occupation authorities promised to open in December 2018-trains – in 2019. State contract for design and construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait, signed on 17 February 2015 between the Federal state establishment “Management of Federal highways “Taman” Federal road Agency of the Russian Federation and LLC “stroygazmontazh”.
Barely in Russia was announced the idea of building a bridge, how many Russians immediately welcomed the idea of his leadership. Forgetting that it will be implemented for their money in terms of financial and economic crisis, unemployment, massive cuts jobs. Thus, according to Rosstat, the number of poor people in Russia in 2015 has increased dramatically from 3.1 million, amounting to 19.2 million people, which was the highest figure since 2006. The poverty level in Russia in 2015 amounted to 13.4% in 2014 and 11.2%). While Rosstat specifies that the information is given without data on the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. The subsistence minimum in the Russian Federation, according to Rosstat, in the fourth quarter of 2015 amounted to 9 452 thousand rubles per person per month in the third quarter – 9 673 thousand rubles, in the II quarter – 10 thousand 17 roubles in the first quarter – 9 662 thousand rubles.
In the whole of Russia the average income per capita in the IV quarter of 2015 amounted to 35 thousand 586 roubles a month.
In such circumstances, the citizens of Russia offered to Finance the project, which will make them even poorer, and the effect for them will be zero. Since the Crimea to Russia is and will remain purely a subsidized territory, to await the return of the enclosed investments is not necessary, and a relaxation area for the Russians it will not ever. The annexation of the Crimea and get another subsidized region, even without the pressure of international sanctions only accelerated the decline of the Russian economy and living standards of ordinary Russians.
We should not forget that the construction of the bridge occurs without the consent of Ukraine, which in itself is a flagrant violation of international legal norms, according to which the sea of Azov is a common area of navigation. It was recognized by a former protege of the Kremlin in the Crimea Sergey Aksenov. “To obtain the consent of Ukraine is hardly possible”, – he said, adding that the construction of the underpass will be cheaper and approval is not required.
Interviewed lawyers and experts in Maritime law say that without the consent of Ukraine to build a bridge is almost impossible. In accordance with the contract of 2003 applied the Vienna Convention on the law of treaties. This means that Russia can’t violate these terms, citing, for example, the provisions of article 62 “Fundamental change of circumstances”, referring to a unilateral change in the status of Crimea.
The lawyers also note that most countries do not recognize the transfer of Crimea to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, which in the case of this project will be under the threat of blocking the Strait for the transit of their ships has the potential to challenge this “fundamental change” in the international court of justice, or a conciliation Commission of the UN. As practice shows, these processes can drag on for decades.
Thus, it is possible that the construction of the bridge in the power and financial, and legal factors may never be completed. The Russians, as always, explain the machinations of enemies, and that billions of Russian rubles by that time will be wasted, no one really to survive will not.
Expensive and pointless project of construction of the bridge Kerch it is planned to spend 70% of budget funds allocated for the construction and repair of bridges and roads all over Russia. No clear economic model the authors of this idea, of course not. She decided to allocate money solely in order to provide free passage to the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has no land corridor. Main contractor for “construction of the century” – the company Arkady Rotenberg, a friend of Vladimir Putin, will receive all necessary means in full, and even more than you need.
“In Russia such a senseless projects always have a specific purpose, “notes to the American edition Newsweek. They provide the tools by which the Kremlin can achieve their dreams, and to keep the oligarchs and the governors under control. Large state-sponsored projects are part of a regulated environment, which, Moscow believes, is necessary to Russia has varied evolutionary, not revolutionary way. Formation more healthy, but less-controlled investment terms is considered dangerous for the current Russian regime.”
