Hunger strike of air traffic controllers of Tolmachevo airport in Novosibirsk

December 24-30, 2002. Russia. Novosibirsk. Russian passenger airliner Tu-154 at Tolmachevo airport after the end of the hunger strike of air traffic controllers, who on December 23, 2002, joined the all-Russian protest of the air traffic controllers' union demanding a 30 percent increase in wages. The protesters' demands were met after the airport was closed for a day and the airlines suffered losses. The exact date of the photo is unknown. Vladimir Zinin/TASS