Sverdlovsk: Money needed to care for refugees
Government officials in Sverdlovsk Oblast
are concerned that the federal government is expecting them to take in
up to 1500 displaced persons from Chechnya but has not transferred any
funds to defray the costs of providing temporary housing, "Vremya
MN" reported on 9 December. The oblast is one of the 45 regions that
have been assigned to receive displaced persons from Chechnya; recently,
its assigned quota of refugees was increased three-fold from 500 to 1500.
According to the newspaper, the federal government had allocated some 147
million rubles ($6 million) to ensure suitable living conditions for the
refugees. However, the oblast has received only telegrams from Moscow with
orders to prepare appropriate accommodations. JAC
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