Turkey on Thursday sent humanitarian aid to Russia`s Far East on Thursday amid fears that the region will be affected by fallout from damaged reactors at Japan`s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

"The plane arrived in Vladivostok at 06:00 a.m. local time [Wednesday 20:00 GMT]," local Red Cross head Nadezhda Ilyina said. "It brought 17 tons of aid, including bed blankets and personal hygiene items."

Japanese troops are trying to avert a nuclear disaster by spraying water at four of Fukushima`s six reactors that were damaged by blasts and fires in the days following Friday`s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami.

Russian officials have so far dismissed fears that the radiation will spread to Russia`s Pacific coast and advised people against taking anti-radiation medication.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was in Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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