Donetsk, Jun 20 — DAN. Some 117,000 residents of the Donetsk People’s Republic have requested review of their pensions in accordance with Russian norms, the press service of the Social Fund Department for the DPR told the Donetsk News Agency.
“Social Fund DPR has accepted about 117,000 applications for pension recalculation, ” a press service representative said adding that another 90,000 applications for various benefits had been submitted by families with children.
Earlier reports said that more than 250,000 people in the new Russian regions drew federal pensions.
On February 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law on pensions in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The law launched the transition to the Russian pension system starting March 1. The persons eligible for pensions are women and men who have reached the retirement age of 58 and 63, respectively, and have Russian passport with residence registration.*jk