21.   Protests over unpaid wages, lost pensions and stolen assets have become commonplace.

22.   A factory worker in Moscow allegedly killed two of his superiors after a quarrel over unpaid wages, a news report said Tuesday.

23.   A farm worker protesting his unpaid wages set himself and five other people on fire in a central Russian village, a news agency said Wednesday.

24.   A Ukrainian miner who set himself on fire two weeks before over unpaid wages died in a hospital despite intensive medical treatment, a news report said Tuesday.

25.   A similar number of workers stayed off their jobs, adding their voices to the protest over unpaid wages and the lack of jobs and social benefits.

26.   Also on Monday, protesters in two regions went on strike in demand of unpaid wages.

27.   An officer who was interviewed on his way to catch a train at a Moscow railway station said unpaid wages are the biggest problem facing the armed forces.

28.   Army and police officers and workers in transportation and banking sectors also are angry over unpaid back wages, but Moldovan legislation forbids them from protesting publicly.

29.   At least six Ukrainian miners seeking to receive unpaid wages cut their wrists in protest Thursday, union and government officials said.

30.   At least one person died when autoworkers in the southern city of Bryansk rioted over unpaid wages, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Wednesday.