More than 3, 4, thousands of pensioners in Lugansk national self-proclaimed Republic has received payments for April, total payments amounted to about 16 million rubles, said the press service of the Ministry of labour and social policy of the LC on the first day of the week.

the self-declared Republic almost 475 thousand pensioners. In early April, retirees began to receive the first payments in the offices of the State Bank LC. The maximum Pension in the LPR is set at $ 9 thousand UAH (18 thousand Rubles. according to authorities LNR a fixed rate) as according to the legislation of Ukraine.

"Pension in April of the current year on the morning of April 6, won 3, 471 thousand, total payments amounted to fifteen, 8 million rubles ", - quotes Luhansk information centre envoy of the Ministry of social policy of the LC.

The Minister of labour and social policy LNR Svetlana Malakhova added that also continues the payment of social benefits for March-April 2015 for certain categories ".

From July 2014 Kiev has stopped the work of the Treasury and the national Bank of Ukraine within the limits controlled by the militia, stopped paying Pensions and liposome and public sector wages. In addition, in November 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree according to which, in order to continue to receive Pensions from Kiev, Donetsk oblast have to get up for registration within controlled power structures.

at rallies in early April 2014 this past year the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup, declared the development of a " people's republics ". After referenda in may, the Republic declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union " new Russia ", put together their own authorities. The second of November in the DNR and LC elections of heads of republics and people's deputies of the parliaments. Kiev DNR and LC does not recognize.

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