“According to preliminary calculations, the damage from floods amounted to about 1.5 billion rubles,” he said.

According to him, at the present time “at the expense of the funds of the regional local budget, 502 million rubles have been allocated for emergency recovery work and payment of citizens”.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin during the meeting instructed the heads of regions to personally visit the areas affected by the floods.

According to the authorities of the Amur Region, the flood damage in the region was estimated at more than 6 billion rubles, of which 1.3 billion was paid to citizens in connection with the loss of property.

The governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergey Furgal noted that the region needs 250 million rubles to deal with the effects of the flood, which affected 73 settlements.

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