Fire-fighting cost Russia 12 billion roubles - minister
10:56, 20 August 2010
MOSCOW. August 20. KAZINFORM Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu said fire-fighting cost the country 12 billion roubles, according to modest estimates. Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
"The expenditure to extinguish fires, along with the funds to build new housing for fire victims, with additional attraction of resources would approximate 12 billion roubles," Shoigu told reporters. Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com