Russia has decided to send to the erection of a shelter over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 10 million euros

The Cabinet of Ministers of Russia has instructed in 2016-2017 to contribute to the Chernobyl Shelter Fund an additional contribution of up to 10 million euros (5 million euros annually).
"The Russian Federation into full compliance with its international commitments on financing the construction of a new secure shelter over the sarcophagus of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant ", - reported in the report on the Internet representation of the government of the Russian Federation.
international Chernobyl Shelter Fund was established in 1997 on the initiative of the countries "big seven" in order to implement the project on construction of a new secure shelter over the sarcophagus erected over the destroyed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power station. The Fund is managed by the European Bank for restoration and development, which reports to the donors on the performance of the Fund at meetings of the Assembly of donors CSF. In September of last year it claimed that the new sarcophagus for the Chernobyl NPP lacks 615 million euros. At the same time, the fire in the fire zone in the Chernobyl area has ceased to spread, firefighters extinguish a separate fires on an area of about 70 hectares, RIA " Novosti ". In the fire-zone deployed mobile item management, organized the work of the headquarters of the fire, which carries out the overall coordination of measures on destruction of a forest fire. Remember, a forest fire in the area of alienation broke out Tuesday afternoon on an area of about 320 hectares. To destroy it attracted more than 300 people and 51 of the vehicles, as well as among them airplanes and helicopters. On Wednesday morning, Ukrainian rescuers stopped the spread of fire, but extinguishing of fires continues. In the main versions of the origin of the strongest for the last 23 years of a forest fire in the area near exclusion of the Chernobyl NPP of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine considers arson. In fact the fire has already opened a case under the criminal code. However, the head EMERCOM of Russia Vladimir Puchkov said that the Russian Federation quickly made the offer Ukraine help in extinguishing the fire near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and even led to the preparedness of the aircraft, but the help was not needed, because the fire was quickly contained.


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