Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered assistance to the residents of Dagestan. This was announced on Thursday, April 23, by the Press Secretary of the Head of State, Dmitry Peskov. According to him, appropriate measures are already being taken.
Peskov noted that the President had previously stressed the need to pay careful attention to each victim, taking into account the emergency nature of the situation in the region.
– The corresponding instructions based on the results of the conversation with the mayors were formulated with instructions from the head of state. It is now being urgently addressed by the government. “Work is being done in this direction,” Peskov quoted Putin as saying. RIA Novosti.
Widespread flooding occurred in several Russian regions after heavy rains. The North Caucasus republics, especially Dagestan, were the most affected by the disaster. What other areas were affected by the floods and what led to this – in the material “Moscow Evening”.
On April 16, a major landslide occurred in the Levashinsky district of Dagestan near the village of Nizhny Obekemakhy. Huge masses of soil collapsed into the river bed, risking blockage of the watercourse and subsequent flooding in nearby areas.