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Vladimir Puchkov gives keys of new flats to Amur Region residents affected by last year's flood

Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov, who is today on a working trip in the Far Eastern Federal District, has checked the progress of repairs and construction in the Amur Region after a 2013 flood.

Together with Yuri Trutnev, Vice-Chairman of the RF Government and Presidential Plenipotentiary, the Minister inspected houses constructed for the residents of the Amur Region and visited construction sites in the villages of Ivanovka and Sosnovy Bor.

Mr. Puchkov and Mr. Trutnev gave keys of new flats to happy new tenants. “On behalf of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and from me personally I thank people, who staunchly and manly overcame the last-year great flood and I congratulate you on receiving new, good and comfortable houses”, - said the Minister.