Kamchatka Asks Government For Help

Konstantin Pulikovsky, presidential envoy in the Far East Federal District of Russia, sent an address to the Russian government asking to allocate at least 1bn rubles (about $34m) for preparing housing and communal facilities of the Kamchatka region for the upcoming winter. According to information from the Vostok-Media agency, municipal authorities of this region own 2bn rubles (about $68m) to energy companies and the latter, in their turn, have no assets for purchasing fuel. Pulikovsky noted there is no threat of another fuel crisis in Kamchatka at present but the situation is complicated and the region needs financial support from federal authorities.