Helicopter flyover of villages in Blagoveshchensk District of Russia affected by flooding in August 2013. On August 29, 2013, Vladimir Putin flew on a helicopter over the flood-stricken areas in the Blagoveshchensk District, where more than 1,200 houses were damaged in the villages of Vladimirovka, Ust-Ivanovka, Grodekovo, Kanikurgan and Zarechnye, among others.