Rostov Governor is dissatisfied with work of local red cross

Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev expressed dissatisfaction with work of the regional branch of the red cross on financial assistance to refugees from the Ukraine.

according to him, the regional branch of the red cross today gathered about 50 million rubles to help the refugees." From these funds Red Cross not a penny spent, " - said the Governor.

Golubev has supplemented his words by the fact that other funds are operating normally. So, the Foundation " Good deeds " has already allocated the refugees, about half of the funds Of those who came on their accounts.

for reviews of the Governor, the need for a more precise formulation of the procedure of payment." the story is About the funding for the temporary accommodation centres, i.e. on accommodation and food, but also there are costs for medical services and on transport ", - he said.

the head of the Russian red cross Raisa Lukutsova first reported that in the Russian Federation Red Cross for assistance to refugees from the Ukraine had gathered about 2 million rubles. At the same time the regional branch of the organisation in Rostov were collected on the very goals of about 47 million rubles. According to head of the regional branch of the red cross Rostov region of Elena Hlen, now the number is about 20 thousand immigrants from Ukraine - in points of temporary accommodation - about 3, 5 thousand people, the rest are from friends, relatives or families who have agreed to shelter.

The flow of immigrants from the South-East of Ukraine has greatly increased since June against the background of ongoing fighting between supporters of independence of Donbass and Ukrainian law-enforcers. According to the information of the children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, the Russian Federation from the territory of Ukraine ran over 55 thousand people, about fifteen thousand Of them are children, but it only those who has been granted refugee status. The main wave came in the Rostov region.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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