Press Release, 12.04.2024

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The corresponding letter was sent on behalf of the Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin and Minister of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov.

The leader of Yabloko said that the party considers the disaster in the Orenburg, Kurgan and Chelyabinsk regions to be a national emergency, and after assessing the situation, we can conclude that the resources of regional and local authorities to solve emergency problems are not enough, and humanitarian aid currently delivered to the region by the Ministry of Emergency Situations does not cover people’s needs.

In particular, Rybakov called for increasing the volume of humanitarian aid at the expense of the federal budget and ensuring the delivery of this aid to all cities and villages affected by the flood.

“We believe that funding for the activities of all places of temporary residence of people, the costs of their life support, including food and medicine, should be provided from the federal budget,” Rybakov emphasised.

Yabloko also called on the federal authorities to ensure the “safe stay of people in temporary accommodation facilities” and “protection of flooded settlements from looting”.

In addition, Yabloko considers it necessary to provide a reliable forecast of the development of the situation for residents of flooded regions and local authorities, as well as to conduct a prompt analysis of the condition of the Iriklinsk hydroelectric power station, hydraulic structures of the Shershnevsky hydroelectric complex on the Miass River and other objects of potential man-made hazard in the region.