Many of the evacuated residents of southwestern Russias Kursk region have not yet received payments promised by President Vladimir Putin over one month into Ukraines surprise incursion, the independent news outlet Agentstvoreported Monday, citing regional volunteers.On Aug.
8, two days after Ukrainian forces crossed into the region and captured settlements there, Putin promised one-time payments of 10,000 rubles ($110) to residents who were forced to evacuate from parts of the embattled region.Evacuees now encounter rejections when filing for Putins payouts on the government e-portal Gosuslugi, Yevgeniya Nazarova, who heads the Kursk region volunteer humanitarian group Social Navigator,said in comments to Walk - Talk, a pro-Kremlin YouTube channel that covers life in Russias regions.Theres no consultation, information or interagency interaction whatsoever, Nazarova said.It wasnt there on the first, second and third week [of the Ukrainian incursion].
And I can tell you now there still isnt any, she added.The interview, which Agentstvo reported on Monday, did not specify the exact number of Kursk region evacuees who have not yet received the payouts.Around 130,000 people are estimated to have evacuated, 20,000 remain in areas currently under Ukrainian control and almost 700 remain missing in the Kursk region.Russias Emergency Situations Ministryestimated last week that 87,600 Kursk region residents received 1.3 billion rubles overall ($14.3 million) in various compensation payments, which amounts to under 15,000 rubles per person.