Employees of the Smolensk, Kalinin, Novovoronezh and Leningrad nuclear power plants protested near the Government House in Moscow. They demanded funding for overhauling and renovating NPPs, as well as many-month wage arrears. In this photo, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, second left, is meeting with protesters.
- Categories: Human Interest, Labour, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Economy, Business & Finance, Politics
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 17.06.1997
- Date published: 28.06.2023
- Author: Alexander Polyakov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: DP97-1244, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 5100x3543px, 12.4Mb