“Yesterday, the Rostov region received 5 billion rubles from the government to pay 10,000 rubles to each refugee.

Currently, we have already begun to pay these funds, ”TASS quotes Chupriyan.

According to him, the work is organized in such a way "so that people who arrive in the near future can receive this money."

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to pay refugees arriving from Donbass to the Rostov region 10,000 rubles each.

The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, in an address to the residents of the DPR, said that due to the dangerous situation in the Donbass, the departure of the population to Russia has been organized since February 18.

The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, called on the civilian population of the republic to leave for Russia as soon as possible amid the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass.