GROZNY, August 1 (RIA Novosti) - Chechnya will receive more than 13.5 billion rubles ($576.4 million) in federal funds to compensate citizens for lost housing and property, the Russian North Caucasus republic's prime minister said Friday.

Odes Baisultanov said more than 8 billion rubles ($341.6 million) had been allocated for 2008. "This year 10,400 people will receive compensation," he said.

A total of 47,099 people have received compensation totaling 16 billion rubles ($683.18 million) since 2003, when the payments were launched.

Chechnya saw two Kremlin-led military campaigns in the 1990s and early 2000s against separatist forces. Although the active phase of the operation has been completed, frequent attacks by militants still occur in Chechnya and neighboring republics.