In response Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev has set up a commission to help the victims. On July 7, Russian President, Vladimir Putin arrived to the area and held a meeting with the representatives of all the services involved in search operations and tackling the consequences of the disaster, and then left to Gelendzhik which also suffered seriously. Earlier on the same day, Russian Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov said those people whose houses were totally destroyed by the floods will receive 100,000 rubles compensation (about $3,000), and that 50,000 rubles ($1,500) will be paid to the residents whose dwellings had been damaged. Approximately 5,200 homes have affected by the disaster.