A Russian rescue worker threw nearly half a million dollars out of the window of his house, which he had collected from Turkey during rescue operations after the devastating earthquake that struck the country.
The worker threw the money after the police raided his apartment in Moscow.
On February 6, a double earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, the first measuring 7.8 degrees and the second 7.6 degrees, followed by thousands of violent aftershocks, killing tens of thousands, mostly in southern Turkey, in addition to massive destruction.
At least 230,000 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged in Turkey, amid rescue operations for the victims trapped under the rubble of those buildings in which many countries participated.
