Repatriation of six Moldovans who died in Kaluga accident costs will be covered by Government. The announcement was made by Pavel Filip. Yesterday morning, Prime Minister Pavel Filip has set up a crisis cell to provide all necessary support to those involved in the road accident near the Kaluga region,  Russian Federation. This includes representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, the General Police Inspectorate, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations.

The Prime Minister has asked IGSU that a team of specialists should travel to the Russian Federation to support the wounded, but also to help with the repatriation of the corpses. Therefore, today 4 IGSU employees go to the Russian Federation for this purpose.

"Four colleagues, officers within the General Police Inspectorate for Emergency Situations will go to Kaluga. They have two tasks, the first one is to repatriate the six dead bodies of the Moldovan citizens and the second is to bring them home", said Liliana Puscasu, IGSU press officer.

"We have the required medical equipment to bring them home", said Vitalie Mutaf, deputy chief at the IGSU social protection direction.

"After talking with the Russian doctors, we will decide how to bring them in Moldova", said Dumitru Carasic, IGSU direction chief.

The Chisinau authorities created a crisis cell and announced that people can call 022 78 50 32  to find out more information about the victims. 

We remind that 8 people died, of which 6 are citizens of the Republic of Moldova. Another 8 Moldovan citizens are hospitalized with trauma, within an accident from Kaluga region, Russia.