Russian miners protest over backpay

About two-hundred Russian miners have blocked the Trans-Siberian railway in central Siberia to demand wages that have not paid for the past six months.

The miners from the town of Anzhero-Sudzhensk brought commuter and freight services to a halt.

There were reports of a large police presence at the site, trying to negotiate with the protesters.

About one-hundred miners from another Siberian town, Novokuznetsk were also reported to have staged a sit-in demonstration about overdue wages.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service