According to the estimates of the Pension fund in uncontrollable territories of Donbass still 202,4 thousand pensioners

12:28 / 14 Aug. 2015 / 1139

On uncontrollable Ukraine territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions at the moment still 202,4 thousand people of retirement age. Such number was announceв by the Pension fund of Ukraine as the answer an a query from a community initiative “Restoring Donbass”.

In the Pension fund noted that pension payments is paying to all internal displaced persons, who reached a retirement age and have the reference of IDP.

“For receiving pension, pensioners need to be registered in a social security authorities on the place of residence on the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, and need to receive the certificate of registration for the person, who has moved from temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine” — told in the reply of department.

Remind that, at the end of May, 2015 Donetsk regional military-civil authorities declared, that in Ukrainian pension funds were registered more than 575 thousand pensioners from uncontrollable territories. The chief of Head department of the Pension fund of Ukraine in Donetsk region Natalia Rad emphasized that 169,0 thousand pensioners from uncontrollable territories of the region haven’t accepted the decision about transferring of pensions.

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