About this in an interview with TASS said the rector of the university Viktor Sadovnichy.

“We decided to give each first-grader a schoolbag with a full set of stationery and with some souvenirs ... Now volunteers staff them in the Fundamental Library of Moscow State University with all that is necessary,” he clarified.

According to the rector, MSU is also ready to support applicants from the region.

Earlier it was reported that the death toll in the flood zone in the Irkutsk region increased to 24. More than 450 people injured as a result of the disaster were hospitalized.

Also, the TV channel "360" reported that in Balashikha, Dmitrov, Dolgoprudny, Star City, Korolyov, Taldom and Elektrostal of the Moscow region opened a collection of humanitarian aid for flood victims.