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Vostochny spaceport having "issues."
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While not mysterious and full of intrigue like some other facilities...

The Vostochny spaceport represented a large-scale project for the Russian space programs...
 
Quote:One of Russia’s most important projects over the last 15 years has been the construction of the Vostochny spaceport as the country seeks to fly its rockets from native soil and modernize its launch operations.

However, the initiative has been a fiasco from the start. After construction began in 2011, the project was beset by hunger strikes, claims of unpaid workers, and the theft of $126 million. Additionally, a man driving a diamond-encrusted Mercedes was arrested after embezzling $75,000. Five years ago, there was another purge of top officials after another round of corruption.

Through it all, there has been some progress. In 2016, a Soyuz-2 rocket launched from the first pad, “1S.” And eight years later, a second pad, “1A,” opened with a successful Angara rocket launch. Eventually, the Russian space corporation, Roscosmos, would like to operate seven launch pads at the Vostochny in the far eastern area of Russia, so development work continues.

It turns out that the latest chapter includes over half a million in unpaid electric bills...

From: After Russian spaceport firm fails to pay bills, electric company turns the lights off 

Also Moscow Times article... На космодроме Восточный отключили электричество из-за долгов
(Vostochny electricity cut off because of debts.)
 
Quote:According to the Moscow Times, the Far Eastern Energy Company cut off electricity supplies to the areas of the spaceport still under construction after PSO Kazan racked up $627,000 in unpaid energy charges. The electricity company did so, it said, “to protect the interests of the region’s energy system.”