Billionaire Alisher Usmanov donates over $5 million to support citizens of Kazakhstan displaced after dam burst in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan-born Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has transferred $5.202 million to Turkestan corporate social development fund for support of 30,420 citizens evacuated from their homes in Maktaaral district after flooding caused by Sardoba dam burst.
These funds will be transferred to 5,202 accounts of heads of affected families, Turkestan region administration said.
Earlier Usmanov donated $10 million to support the affected people and to liquidate consequences of the flooding in Syrdarya region, AKIpress reported.
