Russia Plans to Send Qualified Volunteers on Humanitarian Missions Abroad
En resumen
- Russia plans to dispatch qualified volunteers on humanitarian missions to other countries by 2026-2028.
- The initiative aims to form an international volunteer reserve for targeted assistance abroad and strengthen Russia's humanitarian standing, engaging specialists like medical professionals and restorers.
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Russian authorities are developing a plan to dispatch qualified volunteers on humanitarian missions to other countries, aiming to create an international volunteer reserve.
MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Russian authorities are planning to dispatch Russian qualified volunteers on humanitarian missions to other countries, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported, citing a volunteering development plan for 2026-2028, developed by Russia’s Economic Development Ministry and other ministries with the participation of the Dobro online platform and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodyozh).
The newspaper citing the report notes that Russia has to form an international volunteer reserve in order to provide targeted assistance abroad and to strengthen Russia’s humanitarian standing. Chairman of the youth policy committee of the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) and head of the Dobro online platform Artyom Metelev told Izvestia that the program envisages engaging qualified specialists, for example, medical professionals or restorers.
"In the near future, we are planning to expand the platform’s functions by creating a database of verified hosting organizations, so that we can, according to the Russian President’s instructions, make systematic deployment of volunteers regular and expand it to include not only CIS member states, but also other regions of the world," Metelev told Izvestia.
Preguntas abiertas
- What specific countries will be targeted first?
- What are the criteria for 'qualified specialists'?
- What is the budget for this program?
