Labor Unrest Rocks Siberian Oil Town

A storm is brewing in Surgut, the seemingly sleepy hometown of Kremlin-friendly oil company Surgutneftegaz. Discontent over wages and management tactics is driving thousands of workers onto the streets in protest.

Managers at the closely held company may be sitting on a cash pile estimated at more than $13 billion from sky-high oil prices, but the sense of prosperity is not felt by many of the firm’s thousands of workers, say workers at the company who have set up a fledgling independent union to make their case for better conditions.
Moscow Times