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President Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko

August 23, 2000, The Kremlin, Moscow

The President issued instructions to set up an ad hoc government commission for the relief of families of the wrecked nuclear submarine Kursk crew. All obligations must be met within legal terms, he said, with 120 monthly salaries of the supporter paid to every bereaved family plus 25 salaries for every family member.

As Valentina Matviyenko announced after the meeting, she was urgently flying to the Murmansk Region.

August 23, 2000, The Kremlin, Moscow