Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a Government Presidium meeting
The Russian government will allocate 350 million roubles for the relocation of the residents of a building in Astrakhan that collapsed following a gas explosion, and 36 million roubles to pay compensation to the victims, Vladimir Putin said.
The prime minister instructed the government to relocate the residents of the damaged house and to provide 300 million roubles for this purpose. He also asked head of the commission Viktor Zubkov “to work on boosting control over such high-risk facilities.”