Russia's PM: Government Will Support Families Of Victims In Siberia Coal Mine Tragedy

Aid to the wounded and the families of the victims should be provided immediately in the Listvyazhnaya mine tragedy, Mikhail Mishustin said on Monday at a meeting with the deputy prime ministers.

"The Government, for its part, will also channel funds to support every wounded and every family of the deceased. An order was signed to allocate about 80 million rubles for this purpose. The families of the victims will receive from the federal center 1 million rubles each, those suffered serious and moderate damage to their health - 400 thousand rubles each, in case of a slight degree of damage, the payment will be 200 thousand. All funds must be immediately sent to people,"Mishustin said.