"I have never seen anything like this and never thought this could happen at an organization like the Moscow Metro," Polyantsov told CBC News. The Mayakovskaya Metro station, which opened in 1938, is considered to be one of the most impressive stations in the Moscow transit system. Polyantsov in the conductor's compartment on a Moscow Metro train. In a news release, the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise, the union representing Metro workers, said that while it will try to support the fired employees financially, it also "considers it inexpedient to excessively politicize this issue." WATCH | Scores of Moscow Metro workers fired:

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 23:26 UTC