Russia has sent humanitarian assistance to several countries near and far abroad: Belarus and Tajikistan to Syria, USA and Venezuela. Basically Moscow is helping medical equipment, tests, personal protective equipment. But Russia itself receives aid from abroad. Today, for example, in the Russian capital there will arrive the first batch of devices of artificial ventilation of lungs (IVL) from the United States. When Russia sent aid even to those countries that does not belong to the rich.Today in Moscow will come from the US military transport aircraft Boeing C-17 with 50 the ventilator a California company Vyaire Medical Inc. Yesterday the Pentagon and USAID (United States Agency for international development) loaded on Board a large box with the inscription “From the American people.”This is a return gesture of the Americans to send Russia party medical cargo to new York in early April. About providing such aid to each other the parties agreed at the highest level — during the recent telephone conversations between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald trump. The meaning of forwarding it to one, then the other end in the identical product range diplomatic interlocutors “” from both sides explain this: Russia helped the United States at the peak of disease and needs in ICU, now the situation has stabilized, production is improved, and the U.S. can to help Russia, which so far only reached a plateau.At the same time around the delivery to the US of Russian humanitarian cargo, a host of contradictory statements. At first the Kremlin said that we are talking about humanitarian aid, but then the us state Department said that the US “bought” Russia medical products. After that, the Russian foreign Ministry said that each party paid half of the cargo, adding that from Russia account covered the Russian direct investment Fund (RDIF). In the FUND confirmed it, explaining that he did it in the framework of the policy support for the development of dialogue between Russia and the United States. Thus, the Fund expressed the hope that American partners will pay half of shipping from USA to Russia “if necessary” (see “Kommersant” on 7 April). But then the discussion again intervened by the state Department, from the message, which indicated that the United States had just bought from Russia goods at discount. And in the American mass media there was information that Russia has put the United States on the account of $660 thousand for the supplied equipment.Interlocutors“”, familiar with the financial component of these supply, it is said that initially the parties did plan to split the bill 50: 50. Hence, the sum of $660 thousand (total value of Russian goods amounted to about $1.3 million). But in the end it was agreed that each party pays their shipping. This Tuesday officially confirmed and RDIF: “according toSSS final agreements, the Fund has fully paid the supply of Russian goods in the United States, and the American side paid for the supply response of American goods in the Russian Federation”. The American side promised to send Russia 200 of the ventilator. The second shipment is expected next week. According to radio “Voice of America”, the total cost of the devices, their delivery systems and components will be $4.7 million in the First country, which Russia humanitarian aid in the period of the pandemic, was China, which began pandemic. In mid-April, Vladimir Putin said: sending in February, China’s 2 million medical masks, Russia through various channels received from China about 150 million to 2 million masks and protective suits.The European Union has decided to help Russia with money. On 11 may the EU delegation in Russia announced the beginning of acceptance of applications for grants in the framework of the “EU Solidarity with Russian civil society: protection of vulnerable groups most affected by introduced in connection with the pandemic COVID-19 limitations”. The total budget is €6 million Goal of the campaign claimed: “to Promote the smooth operation of public organizations at a time when access to normal funding sources is limited because of the deteriorating economic situation.” Applications will be accepted until the end of June.But Russia is a country that does not belong to the rich, such as the Central Asian States. Moscow has put the five Central Asian republics kits for carrying out 140 thousand tests for coronavirus (see “Kommersant” on April 22). Uzbekistan also sent to Moscow a few sides with the PPE. According to media reports, the Uzbek side will pass 5 million masks, and a cargo of medical gauze.Batch of humanitarian aid was unexpectedly sent to Russia and Turkmenistan. The Russian foreign Ministry said that the grant aid weighing about 1 thousand tons represented “high-quality Turkmen goods, including textile products, construction materials, food”. “It is aimed at medical institutions and social organizations involved in the fight against the pandemic,” said the Ministry, adding that Russia is “deeply grateful” Turkmenistan “for this gesture of friendship and good neighborliness.”Elena Chernenko, Marianna Belenkaya
