According to the press service of the organization, payments have already started in the Voronezh, Kursk, Belgorod and Rostov regions, so far 280 people have received them.

“We will allocate more than 70 million rubles for direct cash payments to refugees and migrants from Ukraine and Donbass.

Now we are collecting information about those in need from four regions of Russia, where this program is being implemented in a pilot mode,” said RKK Chairman Pavel Savchuk.

The amount of material assistance will depend on the size of the family: if it consists of one or two people, they are entitled to 5 thousand rubles.

A family of three will receive 10 thousand rubles, of 5 or more - 15 thousand rubles.

Earlier, the head of the department (emergency response) of the Southern Branch of the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Ekaterina Babkina, told how work with refugees is being built.