Veterans of the Second World War by May 9. Payments and holiday packages: how the city congratulates veterans on Victory Day

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In May 2018, Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which veterans, disabled people and participants in the Great Patriotic War will receive a lump sum pension payment. This is due to the 73rd anniversary of the celebration of Victory Day in the war of 1941-1945.

For these purposes, the state plans to allocate more than 1 trillion rubles. This year, the amount of the payment will be the same for all categories of recipients.

Payment history

A one-time amount for the May 9 holiday has been paid in Russia since 2010, when they celebrated the 65th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War. In 2010, veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War received from 1,000 to 5,000 rubles. The date for the transfer of funds was combined with the Day of Memory and Sorrow - June 22.

Even earlier, in 2001 and 2004, Germany began to pay compensation to prisoners of fascist concentration camps, places of detention and children who were deported from Russia along with their parents. The amount of payments ranged from 1533 to 7669 euros.

In honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory Day, by Decree of the President of Russia dated February 26, 2015 No. 100, in April - May 2015, one-time transfers were made in the amount of 3,000 and 7,000 rubles. Veterans of the Second World War who worked in the rear for more than 6 months, and citizens who had orders and medals of the USSR for selfless work, prisoners of Nazi camps, received 3,000 rubles each. The rest of the veterans, WWII invalids, juvenile prisoners, widows of the fallen and deceased servicemen received 7,000 rubles each.

Putin's decree

On behalf of the President, the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of Russia prepared the text of the Decree. The document provides for lump-sum payments for the 73rd anniversary of the celebration of Victory Day. Recently, the Decree was signed under number 195 and entered into force on May 6, 2018. Based on it, Government Decree No. 561 of May 6, 2018 “On Approval of the Rules for the Implementation of a Lump-sum Payment to Certain Categories of Citizens of the Russian Federation in Connection with the 73rd Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” was developed on its basis, but it will enter into force on May 15, 2018.

According to preliminary estimates, more than 103,000 citizens will receive the money. And in 2015 there were 2.5 million of them.

Who will receive the lump sum payment

One-time assistance will be paid to Russian citizens who:

• live in Russia;
• permanently live in the Lithuanian, Latvian or Estonian republics.

• invalids of the Great Patriotic War;
• WWII participants.

But during the war of 1941-1945, the participants were not always military personnel. Therefore, the Decree contains a reference to subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Law of January 12, 1995 No. 5-FZ “On Veterans”, which describes in detail who is considered a participant in the Second World War. This:

• military personnel who were in the service during the civil war, the Second World War or during other military operations to defend the Motherland;
• partisans, members of underground organizations that functioned during the Second World War on the territory of Russia, which was under fascist occupation;
• servicemen of the internal affairs and state security bodies who served during the Second World War in the cities that are listed on the preferential list for calculating pensions for army servicemen for their defense;
• civilians who during the war held positions in units, headquarters, organizations of the army, navy, troops and internal affairs and state security agencies, and if such persons worked in cities on the preferential list;
• employees of intelligence and counterintelligence agencies who performed special assignments from 1941 to 1945 behind enemy lines or on the territories of other states;
• employees of enterprises, military installations, people's commissariats, departments transferred to the position of persons in the ranks of the Red Army. During the Second World War, they performed tasks in the interests of the army, navy, being within the rear borders of the existing fronts or operational zones of the operating fleets;
• employees of institutions and organizations, correspondents of central newspapers, magazines, TASS, Sovinformburo and radio, cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, who were on a business trip in the army during the Second World War;
• military personnel of the internal affairs and state security agencies, fighters and commanders of fighter formations, defense detachments who participated in the fight against enemy landings, participated in hostilities together with military units during the Second World War or then engaged in the liquidation of the nationalist underground in the territories of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the period 01/01/1944-12/31/1951;
• persons who participated in combat trawling;
• persons involved by the organizations of the Osoaviakhim of the USSR and local authorities in the demining of territories, objects, the collection of ammunition and military equipment in the period 06/22/1941-05/09/1945;
• persons who participated in the battles against Nazi Germany, its allies as part of partisan detachments, underground groups during the Second World War on the territories of other states;
• military personnel with a length of service of 6 months from June 22, 1941 to September 3, 1945, with orders or medals of the USSR for service;
• awarded the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad";
• invalids since childhood due to injuries, contusions or injuries associated with military operations during the Second World War.

Regional payments for the 73rd anniversary of Victory Day

Among the privileged categories there are no "children of war" born in the period from 06/22/1928 to 09/03/1945. But in a number of regions they will be able to receive a lump sum payment, but in a smaller amount, at the expense of the regional budget, when the necessary regulatory act is made.

Payment under the Decree of the President is also not allowed residents of besieged Leningrad and home front workers. But many regional authorities have decided to pay additional amounts to pensions:

• rear workers;
• air defense workers;
• awarded with the medal "Inhabitant of besieged Leningrad";
• juvenile prisoners of concentration camps.

The amount of one-time surcharges ranges from 500 to 5000 rubles, depending on the possibilities of the regional budget.

There are local payments in the Volgograd region to the Victory Day for the participants of the Battle of Stalingrad and the children of Stalingrad. In 2016, in honor of the 73rd anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis near Stalingrad, the governor of the region signed a document on the payment of 1000 and 500 rubles to the participants in the battle and the children of Stalingrad. widows of fallen soldiers. In May 2018, 287 participants in the Battle of Stalingrad received 3,000 rubles from the regional budget.

Features of receiving a lump sum payment

The money for payments is included in the federal budget for 2018 and will be paid:

• through divisions of the Pension Fund for persons receiving a pension in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation;
• through military commissariats for persons receiving a military pension;
• through the bodies of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation for persons entitled to receive judges' pensions.

If a person receives pensions for two reasons, for example, as a judge and as an ordinary pensioner, then he will receive money from the Pension Fund.

If a citizen does not live in the Russian Federation, then he will receive financial assistance through the authorized bodies that transfer pension payments to such a category of persons.

The payment is made according to information available to the Pension Fund, military commissariats and bodies of the Judicial Department. If a person is a recipient of a lump sum payment, but the state authorities do not have such information, then he must write applications with supporting documents attached.

Amounts and terms of receipt

For all persons listed in Presidential Decree No. 195 dated May 6, 2018, the amount of payment is 10,000 rubles. The deadline for the transfer of lump sums is set: May - June of the current year.

The payment period may be extended when state bodies, including those located in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, Latvia and the Republic of Estonia, do not have information about the preferential status of a citizen.

Usually, a one-time assistance is transferred along with a pension.

On the eve of the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, veterans will receive 10,000 rubles each. The draft of the relevant decree of the Government of Russia on payments by May 9, 2018 was prepared by the Ministry of Labor. Financing will be allocated from the federal budget of the Russian Federation to help the disabled and war veterans. Lump sum payments are dedicated to the anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

“Make in May 2018 a one-time payment to citizens of the Russian Federation permanently residing in the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as citizens of the Russian Federation permanently residing in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Estonia, who are invalids of the Great Patriotic War, participants in the Great Patriotic War from among the persons specified in subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the federal law of January 12, 1995, in the amount of 10 thousand rubles,” the resolution says .

According to preliminary estimates, more than 102,000 people will receive payments.

What amount of payments by May 9, 2018 is planned by the government of the Russian Federation and the categories of veterans who will receive one-time assistance

In total, it is planned to allocate about 12.342 billion rubles for payments to veterans of the Great Patriotic War by May 9, 2018.

Residents of besieged Leningrad, war veterans and disabled people, as well as former underage prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, widows and widowers of those who died during the war and died disabled people and combatants will receive 7,000 rubles each.

Those who worked during the war years in the rear for at least 6 months, awarded orders and medals for their work, as well as former adult prisoners of concentration camps, will receive 3 thousand rubles each.

If a citizen of the Russian Federation has the simultaneous right to receive 7 and 3 thousand rubles, they will not be summed up, but will only pay a larger amount, that is, 7 thousand rubles.

Citizens of the Russian Federation living in Russia and the Baltic States who belong to the above categories can count on financial support.

If in 2010, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the victory, 4.2 million people received payments, this year there are much fewer applicants - 2.6 million.

What will be the additional payments to veterans by May 9, 2018

Some regions were able to find funds for additional payments. Veterans living in Moscow will receive from 3 to 10 thousand rubles, in St. Petersburg - from 1 to 5 thousand rubles, in the Pskov region - from 2 to 10 thousand rubles. The largest amount of payments in Arkhangelsk is 20 thousand rubles.

Cash payments are not the main thing, says S. Smirnov, an employee of the Higher School of Economics. At this age, targeted assistance is much more important, especially when it comes to housing and health problems. At the expense of extrabudgetary funds, such assistance will also be provided in some regions of Russia.

The Government of the Moscow Region will provide material support to veterans of the Great Patriotic War before May 9th. Payments will be sent to more than 87 thousand people. This was reported on the website of the regional government on April 17, 2018.

Minister of Social Development of the Moscow Region Irina Faevskaya said:

“Today, the government of the Moscow Region adopted a resolution “On the payment of one-time financial assistance to certain categories of citizens in connection with the celebration of the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and on introducing changes to the procedure for paying lump-sum financial assistance to certain categories of citizens in connection with the celebration of the anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.”

Participants and invalids of the Great Patriotic War will be paid 10,000 rubles each by Victory Day; widows of participants in the Second World War who did not remarry, former prisoners of concentration camps, persons awarded the badge "Inhabitant of besieged Leningrad", home front workers - five thousand rubles, the report says. The total amount of payments is more than 537 thousand rubles.

How veterans of the Great Patriotic War in the Baltic countries will be able to receive payment by May 9

One-time cash payments to Russian citizens living in Russia and in the Baltic countries will be carried out in connection with the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

It is planned by the Russian government to make a lump sum payment to disabled people and participants in the Great Patriotic War permanently residing in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in May-June this year.

“Taking into account the transfer abroad and delivery, it will be necessary to allocate funds from the federal budget of Russia in 2018 in the amount of 1,034.68 million rubles,” the document says.

On the territory of our country, the Pension Fund of Russia and the Ministry of Defense will pay money to veterans. Residents of the Baltic states will be able to collect the payment through the consular departments.

The funds will be paid to them in euros at the official ruble exchange rate on the day the payment documents are generated. According to the Ministry of Labor, 102,814 veterans should receive money.

There are more than 75,000 veterans of the Great Patriotic War in the capital who receive payments and various social support, not only for the holidays, but all year round. Find out how veterans can get help.

Concerts, film screenings, open-air exhibitions, fireworks - this is how the townspeople will celebrate. The most important participants of this holiday are veterans. Concerts, trips to places of military glory and meetings with front-line comrades are arranged for them.

Monthly and Yearly: Veterans Payouts

All veterans are entitled to city additional payments to pensions, and to certain categories - which have doubled since this year -. They can be counted on by disabled people and participants in the Great Patriotic War, those who became disabled due to an injury received during the Great Patriotic War and did not work out the length of service for a pension, disabled since childhood due to a wound during the war, as well as those awarded the badge "Honorary Donor of the USSR" for donating blood during the war years.

Payment to participants in the defense of Moscow increased to eight thousand rubles. Heroes of the Soviet Union, Socialist Labor and full cavaliers of the Order of Glory now receive 25,000 rubles every month. Monthly payments can be made by contacting the department of social protection at the place of residence.

In addition, veterans of the Great Patriotic War from among the home front workers (who are not disabled) are entitled to a monthly city cash payment, which is also in.

By Victory Day, veterans traditionally receive lump sum payments. In April 2018, invalids and participants in the war were allocated 10 thousand rubles each, home front workers, blockade survivors and former prisoners of concentration camps - 5 thousand rubles each, and those who were born before December 31, 1931 - 3 thousand rubles each.

Benefits for utilities, travel and medicines

There are veterans and benefits. Disabled and war veterans receive a 50 percent discount. Those who use a home telephone are compensated 500 rubles every month for this service.

Health services: boarding houses, nurses and patronage

On Victory Day, 10,000 disabled people and veterans of the war, who are on home care, received holiday food packages. More than 24,000 veterans are helped by social workers to pay receipts and draw up documents to establish a disability group. They also accompany them to medical facilities and bring home food, medicines and rehabilitation equipment.

One of the priorities of the city is the organization of recreation for veterans. Many go on vacation: in 2018, about 670 people have already taken advantage of this right. Over 6.5 thousand people will have a rest this year in the Crimea, more than 3.5 thousand - in the Social and Rehabilitation Center for Veterans of Wars and the Armed Forces and the Nikolsky Park boarding house.

For those who, due to health reasons, cannot go to the resort, there is a program of medical and social rehabilitation "Sanatorium at Home". It is for 21 days. Specialists work on an individual program of treatment and dietary nutrition, trying to create a comfortable psychological atmosphere. It is planned that in 2018 the Sanatorium at Home will be organized for six thousand veterans.

In addition, more than a thousand veterans of the Great Patriotic War now live in boarding houses for war and labor veterans.

Veterans can receive emergency assistance at any time thanks to the Panic Button system. More than 30 thousand people have such devices. These are all disabled people and participants of the Great Patriotic War who wanted to use this alarm button. Nurses come to lonely, sedentary veterans every day. And for those who cannot come to the polyclinic on their own, all 46 city polyclinics have been created. These patients have their own therapist, who develops an individual treatment plan for them. The doctor visits the patient on average eight times a year, the nurse - 12-14 times.

Electronic passports and certificates

The main thing in social support is an individual approach, so an electronic social passport has been created for each veteran. It indicates the status, as well as information about what kind of help a person needs and what he already receives. The database is updated all the time.

In order for the assistance to be truly targeted, they use electronic social certificates based on the social card of a Muscovite. They buy groceries and durable goods. Starting this year, for example, the amount of the food certificate has been increased to 2,000 rubles. You can find out how to get it and how to use it.

The May holidays and Victory Day are approaching, so many pensioners expect that the state will not forget about them and will pay additional money to their pensions. Officials really planned such a payment, and even its size is known - 10,000 rubles. But who exactly is entitled to the payment on Victory Day and how to get it? Let's figure it out together.

ATTENTION!

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May 9 Victory Day is a special holiday for all of us also because there are living people next to us who created this Victory with their own hands. It was they, the veterans, who managed to survive and make sure that our parents, ourselves, our children, grandchildren and all other descendants were born under a peaceful sky. Gratitude for this is difficult to measure materially, especially when it comes to the state, whose honor and freedom these people were able to adequately defend.

Thanks for the Victory

But at least once a year, officials remember that they need to thank the veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and all those who could survive it. Therefore, every year the president issues a decree on the payment of one-time assistance to veterans by the next anniversary of the Second World War, and the government issues a decree on who and in what amount such payments are due. 2018 was no exception. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 6, 2018 No. 195 “On a one-time payment to certain categories of citizens of the Russian Federation in connection with the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” was adopted on May 6.

Let's see who gets the money?

Lump Recipients

In May 2018, almost 110,000 citizens of the Russian Federation of retirement age should receive a one-time assistance in the amount of 10,000 rubles. These will be not only pensioners from Russia, but also our fellow citizens from the Baltic countries:

• Republic of Latvia,
• Republic of Lithuania,
• Republic of Estonia.

Unfortunately, it was in these countries that WWII veterans were practically outlawed, so Russia took on the functions of supporting them. In connection with the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, officials will pay money to the following categories of citizens:

• veterans of the Great Patriotic War and persons equated to them;
• WWII invalids,

who live in Russia or in the Baltic states listed above. At the same time, pensioners who were born between 06/22/1928 and 09/03/1945 and belong to the category of "children of war", unfortunately, are not entitled to this payment. The children of war and their defenders have long been seeking recognition from the state that they suffered significantly from the Second World War and are entitled to state support and benefits on an equal basis with veterans, but so far no definite decision has been made on their issue at the federal level. No, they, of course, have a number of benefits, for example, for treatment, but they are not yet entitled to one-time federal assistance for Victory Day.

How and when to get 10,000 rubles

The President adopted the Decree. The government must ensure its implementation. Simply put, to make sure that all war veterans and disabled people receive this money on time and in full.

Payments to veterans and invalids of the Great Patriotic War on the territory of Russia will be carried out by the territorial offices of the Pension Fund. They have lists of all pensioners and veterans, so there is no need to write any additional applications. The funds will be sent to veterans in the way they usually receive their pension: to a bank card, to a current account or in cash to the post office.

At first they promised that all veterans should receive 10,000 in early May, even before the Victory Day. But the decree on this was signed only on May 6, and the Government Decree, although it was adopted promptly, came into force only on May 15. And the FIU said that the payments will take place in May and June. Therefore, if you or your relatives have not yet received the required 10,000 rubles, then you will have to wait a bit. But really a little - very soon the money will come to you.

Veterans from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will also be paid lump sum payments by May 9 by the PFR with the help of the Ministry of Defense and the support departments at the embassies (consular departments of embassies) of the Russian Federation in the Baltic states. The money will be paid in cash or sent by transfer, also according to the lists at the disposal of the officials. So neither the pensioners themselves nor their relatives need to worry about collecting documents and writing an application.

Help children of war

Although pensioners who were children during the war years will not receive federal payments, they have a chance to receive support from regional authorities. In many constituent entities of the Russian Federation, at the local level, legal acts have been adopted on monetary payments for Victory Day to children of war. For example, in 2018, pensioners-children of war who live in the Ulyanovsk, Vladimir and Irkutsk regions, Moscow and St. Petersburg can expect from the authorities from 1,000 to 2,000 rubles. It is quite possible that other regions will decide to pay the children of the war money for the holiday.

The Russian government has scheduled traditional payments by May 9, 2020. Who will be able to count on an increase in pension, how to get it and what additional gifts have the local authorities prepared?

Based on the presidential decree on lump-sum payments to veterans of the Great Patriotic War in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Victory, payments must be made in April - May 2020 to the following categories of citizens of the Russian Federation permanently residing on the territory of the Russian Federation, in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Estonia:

• invalids of the Great Patriotic War from among the persons specified in subparagraph 1-3 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Federal Law of January 12, 1995 No. 5-FZ "On Veterans", former minor prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, prisons and ghettos, widows (widowers) of deceased invalids of the Great Patriotic War and participants in the Great Patriotic War - a payment of 75 thousand rubles is due"
• Veterans of the Great Patriotic War from among the persons specified in subparagraph 4 of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the federal law of January 12, 1995 No. 5-FZ "On Veterans", former adult prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, prisons and ghettos, are entitled to a payment in the amount of 50 thousand rubles.

Not only Russians, but also Baltic veterans living in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia will be able to receive payments by Victory Day 2020. Their inclusion in the list is due to the fact that the Baltic authorities do not recognize the role of the Soviet Union in the victory over fascism and do not support veterans.

How to get a?

The lump-sum payment by May 9 will be automatically “added” to the May pension, so there is no need to submit a separate application to the Pension Fund. The PFR has all the data on the recipients of the increased allowance. In extreme cases, employees may require additional paperwork.

Pensioners will receive money in the usual way, in the same way as they usually take a pension:

• cash in the mail;
• transfer to a card or savings account;
• the postman or social worker will deliver to the home address.

It is important to understand that payments to pensioners by Victory Day are due only if they have veteran status, that is, not all pensioners will receive an allowance.

From regional authorities

In connection with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation provide for their lump-sum payments to veterans, home front workers and other categories of citizens. They annually determine those who will receive allowances in the field.

In the Irkutsk region, the Governor signed a Decree in which he decided to pay 10 thousand rubles to veterans and disabled veterans of the Second World War, minor prisoners and family members of the dead (deceased) participants, disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

In the Volgograd Region, according to Decree No. 610-p of December 9, 2019, war veterans and disabled veterans will receive 5,000 rubles each, and home front workers, blockade survivors, underage prisoners and spouses of WWII participants will receive 1,000 rubles each. holiday, but residents are not ready to thank for all the initiatives.

In the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), in accordance with Decree No. 981 of January 24, 2020, the following additional payments will be made:

100 thousand rubles - disabled people, participants in the war;
30 thousand - to the widows of the dead participants in the Second World War, the blockade, minor prisoners;
20 thousand - to the widows of the deceased participants in the Second World War;
10 thousand - to home front veterans;
3 thousand - children of the war who have not reached the age of majority on September 3, 1945

From Aeroflot

Since 2001, the largest Russian air carrier has been holding an annual campaign to provide free flights for veterans.

From April 22 to May 13, 2020, a completely free flight, without charging commission fees, is provided:

• in the economy class: veterans and disabled veterans of the Second World War, former juvenile prisoners of concentration camps;
• in business and comfort class: to the heroes of the USSR and full cavaliers of the Order of Glory.

Privileges can be used not only by Russians, but also by those living in the CIS countries, Georgia and the Baltic states.

At the time of preparation of the article, it remains completely unclear who will receive the lump sum payment by Victory Day for sure, because there is no signed government decree and presidential decree. Probably, the documents will appear on the eve of the holiday.