These figures were announced Tuesday at a meeting on the results of a detour of the affected areas, the Governor of the region Andrey Turchak, said his press Secretary Oksana Sheeran.

"The most damage the disaster has caused farmers. According to preliminary estimates, it amounts to about 300 million rubles. In order to support the administration of the region will receive up to 150 million rubles, and will also apply to the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation with a request to allocate additional aid to agricultural producers", – quotes the Governor's press Secretary.

Earlier, the Deputy Governor of the region Sergei Pernik said that, despite the difficult weather conditions of the Pskov region managed to prepare and provide a fully feed and the required yield.

According to him, there is no need to declare a state of emergency in connection with the harvest. Torrential rains, have become the most intensive for the last 20 years in the Pskov region, affected the territory of Pskov and Novorzhevskaya, Pytalovo, Opochetskaya, Ostrovsky, and KRASNOGORSKOGO Pushkinogorskaya areas.

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