Kursk evacuees still missing pledged $110 after one month: volunteers

Nazarova did not say in the interview – published Monday – exactly how many evacuees have yet to receive their money, but told “Walk and Talk” that she regularly received calls from refugees asking for help.

Most of them had their applications rejected because of incomplete official data about the region that did not register its villages, Nazarova said.

“There is absolutely no consultation, information or interagency action,” she said in Russian, criticizing the government’s response as “beautiful refusals.”

She also said that refugees cannot get permission to get new housing in Kursk because they have to report to their local administration centers – which are now on the battlefield.

“How can you make a report if there is military action going on there?” she said.

Nazarova said her organization had provided food, sleeping materials and aid to about 10,000 refugees, but said thousands had to rely on volunteers for a place to sleep.

As she spoke, other social workers agreed with her on camera. Several refugees, who described fleeing their homes amid the chaos, echoed Nazarova’s words.

The Kremlin said Thursday it had spent about $14.3 million on payments to more than 87,600 Kursk residents.

This is out of a total of 133,000 refugees, according to evacuation estimates by Alexei Smirnov, the region’s acting governor, at the end of August.

Ukraine launched its incursion into Kursk on August 6, breaching Russian defensive lines and taking several larger settlements in the area. Claims to have taken control of over 100 villages and towns.

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry, which is overseeing relief efforts in Kursk, did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside business hours by Business Insider.