After news broke of possible corruption that lead to the tragedy at Sayano-Shushenskaya, Prime Minister Putin has ordered a thorough investigation of the accident. On 17 September, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin accused current and former managers at the power plant of committing "fraudulent schemes" to gain money for the plant. The Deputy PM said that higher-ups at Sayano-Shushenskaya created fake companies that then gained money to do work on the plant. Of course, this accusation--even if proven true--does not positively link the corruption with the failure of the plant, but it does provide a particularly troubling view of the state of the Russian power industry.
Prime Minister Putin has now proposed, besides a thorough investigation of the Sayano-Shushenskaya tragedy, the installation of so-called "black boxes," which can monitor power plants and provide critical data concerning their viability and safety.
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