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.
“Two administrative buildings have been blocked. Employees are sitting at their workplaces and are not permitted to move around,” plant spokesman Alexei Dubovets said in a telephone interview.
He could not say whether employees were being questioned. “I’m in my office as well and don’t know what is happening,” he said.
At 5 p.m. local time, officials with the Investigative Committee were putting together a list of employees who are pregnant or have disabilities, RusHydro’s press service said. More than 1,500 people ...