国际英语新闻：Russia to establish emergency center in North Caucasus

MOSCOW, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has planned to set up an emergency center for possible crisis in the North Caucasus Federal District, an official from the ministry said on Friday.

"A control center for crisis situations will be set up in the newly founded North Caucasus Federal District by the end of this year," Vladimir Stepanov, head of the Emergency Situations Ministry's National Control Center for Crisis Situations, told Interfax news agency.

The recent bombings in Moscow and Kizlyar reflected the need for these regional emergency centers, Stepanov said.

"We are on the right track," he added.

Established in 2006, the Emergency Situations Ministry's National Control Center for Crisis Situations have already set up emergency centers in seven federal districts and each of the 83 regions of Russia.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev established the country's eighth federal district in the North Caucasus this January.