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Authorities in Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth largest city, said the unorthodox campaign had already successfully targeted a debtor who owed the equivalent of 4,700 pounds in unpaid council tax or "communal payments" for the last four years, the Daily Telegraph reported.

A technical device called an "octopus" was introduced into the unnamed debtor's drains that cut off the water supply to his or her lavatory putting it out of use until the debt was cleared, they boasted.

The debtor apparently held out for five days before repaying the debt in full.

（點擊英國《每日電訊報》查看原文）

俄斷水拔掉欠稅“釘子戶”

?????? 據英國《每日電訊報》報道，俄羅斯第四大城市葉卡捷琳堡政府宣稱，政府通過非正統的方式已經成功拔掉一位欠稅的“釘子戶”，其4年來共欠4700英鎊（約47862元）家庭稅。

?????? 這次的策略被稱作 “章魚行動”，政府通過排水管道停止向逃稅人家的廁所供水，直到他們付清欠款為止。

?????? 最后，這些欠稅的人5天就堅持不下去了，只好乖乖把欠款付清。

(China.org.cn November 3, 2011)