Russia will allocate an additional 2.67 billion rubles ($87 million) in aid to people who suffered from the peat bog and forest fires, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
"We will allocate 2.67 billion rubles from the federal budget for rebuilding homes and as compensation for those who suffered from the flames," he told a government meeting.
Originally, the government allocated 5 billion rubles ($163 million) in aid.
At least 52 people were killed and more than 3,500 left homeless by the wildfires that have swept across central Russia in the past four weeks. More than 2,500 houses were destroyed.
The emergencies ministry said on Friday that almost 300 fires are still burning, but rebuilding has already begun in some areas.
MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti)
