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Developed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection pursuant to Presidential Executive Order No 311 dated 8 May 2014, “Measures to Improve the Financial Status of Certain Categories of Great Patriotic War veterans living in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Estonia.”
In accordance with the rules approved, said payments of lifelong allowances will be based on a list of citizens drawn up by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Lifelong allowances will be paid every month in accordance with the procedure established for the payment of pensions, through credit organisations located on Russian territory, by a territorial body of the Russian Pension Fund at the location chosen by the citizen, twice a year, no later than 1 May and 1 November, by wiring the payment to a citizen’s account opened at the credit institution in Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia.
The money will be wired by the Russian Pension Fund in a foreign currency at the rouble exchange rate established by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation as of the day the payment documents are processed.
The expenses involved in
the payment of lifelong allowance will be financed from the federal budget.