Crimean authorities appealed to the Russian government with a request to reimburse the farmers of the Peninsula, 300-millions in losses that may subsequently grow to a billion due to a severe drought. About this on his page in Facebook said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov.

"In six regions of the Peninsula declared a state of emergency due to drought. Pre-loss is around 300 million rubles, but this amount can reach billion. In this regard, the government of the Republic of Crimea asked the Russian government to study the issue of compensation of losses to agricultural producers", — said Aksenov.

As reported IA REGNUM, since the beginning of summer due to severe drought in six districts of the Peninsula was declared the emergency situation of natural character.