flamming_python Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:17 pm
BTW humanitarian aid to the Crimea is being or has been sent via convoys or other means from Volgograd, Chechnya, Chuvashia, Moscow city, Moscow region, Dagestan, St. Petersburg city, Stavropol, Perm, Tatarstan, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar Krai, Yakutiya, Udmurtia, Bashkiria, Altai Krai, Ingushetia and Adygea.
These are all either citizen's, charities' or regional government initiatives.
The Federal government is also planning it's own humanitarian aid supplies to the Crimea.
Separately, the Federal government has also set aside a few billion dollars to be used for covering the Crimea's budget, social obligations and economic development.
Moscow city, Altai republic, Stavropol, Udmurtia, Kostroma, Kaliningrad and North Ossetia are setting up funds to give financial aid to the Crimea
Senators are calling for a commission to be formed for Russian regions to donate economic aid to bordering Ukrainian regions, and also for the reception of possible Ukrainian refugees.
Several Russian regions have already signaled their readiness to accept refugees.
Zhirinovsky's LDPR political party is sending it's own funds and volunteers to the Crimea.