Press Release: Northern Caucasus: EUR22 million of humanitarian aid to support victims of conflict in Chechnya

The European Commission on 6 April 2006 approved a €22 million humanitarian aid package to support victims of the ongoing conflict in Chechnya. Since the beginning of the current conflict in autumn 1999, and including this new decision, the European Commission humanitarian aid department (ECHO) provided €196 million, making the EU the largest donor in the region. The recipients were to include internally displaced persons (IDPs) and vulnerable groups in Chechnya as well as IDPs in Ingushetia and Dagestan and Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan.