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Combat operations on the territory of Afghanistan were carried out by the Soviet Union in the period 1979-1989.

The USSR has long ceased to exist, but the Government of the Russian Federation has become the successor to the responsibilities of the Soviet state in terms of social support for participants in the Afghan military operation.

In modern conditions, internationalist veterans of that time are applying for a wide range of government assistance.

Legislative regulation of the issue

The list of applicants for social support, the range of benefits and payments, the forms of veteran public associations, the procedure for going to court in controversial situations is determined by Federal Law No. 5 “On Veterans” of January 12, 1995.

Also, legal information for citizens who have passed through the battle roads of Afghanistan contains:

• Tax Code of the Russian Federation;
• Federal Law 178 “On State Social Assistance”;
• Federal Law 181 “On social protection of disabled people in the Russian Federation”;
• Federal Law 173 “On labor pensions in the Russian Federation.”

Afghan veterans are beneficiaries, first of all. But in some constituent entities of the Russian Federation, state support is supplemented by their own social measures.

Who qualifies for this category?

International duty in Afghanistan was performed not only by the military, but also by representatives of civilian professions. And they risked no less than people in uniform. The general list of all preferential categories in Afghanistan is established in Article 3 of Federal Law No. 5.

Benefits are provided:

The law does not provide a separate line for conscript soldiers. However, within the meaning of Articles 1 and 3 of the Federal Law No. 5, they are considered veterans of military operations (on the territory of other states) and apply for the corresponding.

Important clarification. According to the Law “On Social Protection”, Afghans who were wounded, shell-shocked, and became disabled as a result, equal to WWII veterans (Article 14 of Federal Law No. 5). Their benefits have been extended. Those Afghan veterans who took part in hostilities, but did not receive disability, enjoy social support approved in paragraph 1 of Art. 16 Federal Law “On Veterans”.

Types of assistance from the state

State support for veteran internationalists subdivided for social measures in the so-called in-kind form and cash payments. Let's start with the financial side.

Pension provision for personnel

Federal Law No. 4468-I of February 1993 regulates pension assignments for this circle of persons.

If a participant in the conflict was in combat army formations as a career military man and then continued his military career, then he claims for the following forms of support:

• – the basic additional payment to a retired veteran: the amount of the benefit directly depends on length of service, military rank, and salary for the position held. In this case, 1 month of Afghan service is counted as 3 months of service (Federal Law No. 941 of September 22, 1993). But this applies only to contract soldiers and long-term military personnel;
• monthly allowance for participation in hostilities (EDV) - is due to a participant in a military conflict, as well as to family members of a military man killed in the confrontation with the Mujahideen. This type of government assistance is provided to combat veterans. Taking into account indexation on February 1, 2019, the amount of EDV is 2972.82 rub.
• Supplements to the long-service pension for disability:
  • Group 1 – triple increase;
  • 2 groups – double the size;
  • 3 groups – increase by a factor of 1.5.
• a set of social services () - provision of prescription drugs from an approved list, preferential sanatorium and resort treatment, free travel on suburban public transport. A veteran has the opportunity to replace benefits in kind with monetary compensation of up to 1,211.43 rubles.

In 2019, the “optimization” of the assignment of benefits did not bypass Afghan veterans. Now an applicant for state support with a disability group must decide in favor of one of the additional payments: disability or pension for participation in a military conflict (PE).

Disability supplement varies between 1900-4500 rubles. The applicant can apply for the most advantageous benefit.

Pensions for conscripts

The bulk of Afghan veterans are military personnel. These are both professional military personnel of the Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces, and, as noted above, conscript soldiers.

If a conscript who has passed through the Afghan “crucible” has chosen the military path as a professional activity, then pensions, including preferential allowances, are determined by Federal Law No. 4468-1.

In cases where, after demobilization, a person worked in civilian life, he is entitled to next pension:

• labor (insurance) after reaching the required age;
• EDV for participation in hostilities or disability pension if there is a group;
• Also, a monthly supplement of 32% is paid to the insurance part of the pension.

Pension provision for such persons is handled by the Pension Fund. Concerning service life credit in Afghanistan in preferential terms, then a unified legal position has not been developed here. Currently, the code of pension legislation of the Russian Federation does not contain a direct rule suggesting such a calculation at the rate of 1:3. That is, those who were drafted through the Afghan war have no reason to do so.

Additional state support

Saved in 2019 tax preferences in hot spots:

Employees veterans have the right to choose the optimal time for their vacation. In addition, the employer is obliged to provide (without pay) up to 35 days, regardless of the applicant’s personal reasons.

Assistance in resolving housing issues. If an international veteran who is not provided with decent housing has been identified as in need of improved living conditions before the beginning of 2005, the municipality is obliged to provide housing first. This opportunity is only available to disabled veterans. The beneficiary also claims to have the apartment equipped with a landline telephone free of charge.

For the use of living space the veteran pays only half the cost. Family members of the veteran living together are also taken into account. are established at the regional level. Here local authorities are independent and, taking into account the tendency to limit the number of beneficiaries, in many regions such concessions are tied to the income level of a particular citizen.

Medical guarantees:

• participants in the Afghan conflict are provided with prosthetic services free of charge, subject to the use of inexpensive materials;
• Preferential prescriptions for medications are issued;
• provision of prosthetic and orthopedic products to veterans with disabilities;
• free service in medical institutions of the state structure to which the veteran is assigned;
• Providing discounted vouchers for sanatorium-resort treatment.

Right to preferential use urban public transport falls under the competence of municipalities.

How to obtain the status of a veteran of the Afghan conflict

You should start with the design of the appropriate certificates from the department who sent a citizen to perform combat missions:

• if the applicant got into a hot spot as a police officer - through the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
• conscripts apply to the military registration and enlistment offices at the place of conscription or to the nearest unit of the military department;
• For those who continued military service, it is somewhat simpler: they can issue an identification card at their home office.

The bulk of compensation is processed at the Pension Fund branch at the place of registration. Regional benefits are assigned by municipal divisions of the SZN.

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According to the law of our country, pension benefits can be obtained not only by those who have reached the specified age limits, but also by citizens of other ages. Some of them are military veterans. Let's find out together who is included in this group and how pensions are being calculated for combat veterans in 2019.

Who is usually classified as a member of this group?

According to Article 3 of Federal Law No. 5, it includes:

• The entire roster of the following structures - the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the armed forces and the FSB, who participated in military operations while performing their official duties at home or abroad.
• Employees of the Internal Affairs, SA and MGB who were involved in land mine clearance from 05/10/1945 to 11/31/1951. They are equated with naval sailors who were engaged in combat trawling (clearing mines) of water areas belonging to the country from 05/10/1945 to 11/13/1957.
• Air Force pilots performing combat missions in the DRA.
• Military motorists who were engaged in cargo transportation in the DRA when military operations were taking place on its soil.
• GA employees who served military formations, which at that time were located on the lands of a foreign state, and were injured during the performance of their duties. The list also includes civil servants who have received state awards for their work.
• Faces, from 1979 to 1989 sent to work in the DRA.
• Persons who performed and are performing special tasks in Syria from 09/30/2015 to the present time.

What's required

For combat veterans (hereinafter referred to as VVD), the state has developed a number of bills regulating the conditions of state support for this category. In addition, government regulations and letters are used for the same purpose.

• If a VBD is a military man or an employee of the special services, then everything related to his pension provision falls under the regulations of the Federal Law No. 4468-1.
• If this status is a civilian, then everything is handled by the Pension Fund.

In the first case, the serviceman will need at least twenty years of service. Also, a serviceman has the opportunity to apply for a pension early, at 45 years old, but there is one condition - a mixed length of service equal to 25 years, exactly half of which is military or special service.

In the second option, civilians with UBD status apply on a general basis:

• For women it is 55 years old, for men 60.
• If you have sufficient insurance experience (in 2019 it is 9 years). It then increases annually until it reaches 15 years in 2024.
• The candidate has scored the required number of points - in 2019 they need 13.8, in the future this indicator will also increase to 30 points by 2025.

The conclusion that follows from all this is that UBI is available, depending on the circumstances, payments of a military, social and insurance nature.

Expected changes

According to the latest data, this year the government has planned and has already begun to implement plans to index insurance pension payments to all categories of pensioners. The volume of indexing will exceed the official inflation indicator of last year – 3.7% versus 3.2.

The government also provided a one-time additional payment of 32% to the following categories of pensioners receiving departmental benefits:

• Having UBD status.
• Prisoners of concentration camps or other places of isolation who were arrested by Nazi authorities.
• All persons recognized as blockade survivors and having the corresponding sign.
• Disabled children from childhood who received their incapacity as a result of military operations.

For “Afghans,” benefits are issued on the same terms as for WWII veterans – a year of service for three and 32% of the monthly wage of the pension received. All of them, in addition to cash benefits, are also provided with natural social services - free medicines, vouchers to a sanatorium and free travel. Those who wish can monetize these services; they are paid an additional 3,696 rubles.

Afghans who become disabled while performing international duty belong to a special category and receive: Group 1 - a triple pension; 2nd - in double and 3rd in one and a half.

Let us remind you that the minimum wage for this category of pensioners is 8-9 thousand, while the national average is 20 thousand, depending on length of service, rank and position held at that time. The regional component should not be discarded either.

A separate point needs to be considered the Chechen period. Only recently were military personnel who served in Chechnya in 1994-1996 given VBD status. After which they were finally able to process the stipulated payments and the EDV of 32%. The latter is not taxed.

All Russian military personnel and equivalent civilian specialists participating in the military conflict in Syria will be provided with a standard social package with corresponding veteran benefits. And the list is not small:

• Double pension benefits. This is a military and insurance benefit.
• Additional cash benefit.
• The right to a military mortgage according to its terms.
• 50% discount on housing and communal services.
• Paid fuel costs.
• If necessary, free prosthetic services (including dental).
• Free medical care in military clinics (hospitals).
• Opportunity to enroll in universities on preferential terms.
• Installation of a landline telephone and Internet line in your home without a queue.

Benefits are divided into federal and regional. If they match, the applicant can independently choose the one most suitable for him according to the conditions.

According to the law of the Russian Federation, veterans are those citizens of the country who deserve special guarantees from the state, both financial and social. In essence, veterans are a category of military personnel whose service was associated with the performance of military duty. For example, citizens who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan can safely be called veterans. Of course, veterans are also those who took part in the Great Patriotic War. Also called veterans are those who have been awarded medals and orders for services to the Motherland, as well as those who have special experience (veteran) of work. For such citizens, the state provides various benefits, subsidies and, of course, pensions. The state helps these individuals to improve their housing and living conditions. In addition, it systematically informs citizens, noting the merits and exploits of these people.

Pension for combat veterans: types

Since mostly veterans are pensioners, in this case the payment of pensions in the appropriate amount is the only way to socially support such citizens. It should be noted that veterans deserve the following pension options:

1. Insurance. This is the most common type that many Russian pensioners receive. In addition to military pensions and disability pensions (if necessary), veterans have the right to a labor pension. This type, as a rule, applies to labor veterans, but former combatants can also apply for it. In the case of labor veterans, bonuses related to length of service will apply. The more experience, the higher the premium.
2. Social. It may be prescribed if a military pensioner belongs to a certain disability group. This type can be combined with bonuses and an insurance pension.
3. State. Many veterans are eligible for a state pension. These are mainly those who have served the state. For example, these include citizens who took part in World War II and residents of besieged Leningrad. They receive a payment, the amount of which is 100-200% of the established social allowance. Pensioners who were former pilots or astronauts are entitled to a coefficient of up to 800%.

Let us note that WWII participants can also qualify for a monthly cash payment, not only those who directly fought, but also those who worked behind the lines and became disabled during the military conflict.

Residents of besieged Leningrad can also apply for EDV. Moreover, the family of the deceased citizen, who had the right to it during his lifetime, has the right to this payment.

Today the size of the EDV is:

1. For disabled people of the Great Patriotic War - 4,795.17 rubles.
2. For WWII participants – 3,596.37 rubles.
3. Prisoners of concentration camps – 4,795.17 rubles.
4. Participants in local wars – 2,638.27 rubles.

This year there should be an indexation of 5.4%.

Amount and calculation of pension payments

Pensions are calculated for veterans of all groups on a general basis. The only thing is that bonuses and additional payments are calculated individually depending on merit and status. For example, for WWII veterans, the pension is formed taking into account age, disability group and additional services to the Fatherland. The social pension is calculated according to general criteria, depending on the region, allowances and regional coefficient. All types of pensions are paid from the Pension Fund, and additional payments, for example, are collected from the state budget.

Procedure for receiving pensions

The procedure for obtaining pensions for all veterans is approximately the same. The only difference is in the documents. In general, as a veteran, you can receive a pension only after completing the following procedures:

1. First you need to register with the military registration and enlistment office. There you must obtain a certificate confirming participation in hostilities. A combat veteran's certificate is also issued there.
2. Then you need to open a personal account. You can learn about the registration procedure at the nearest Sberbank branch. There they will tell you and help you open an account where the funds will be transferred.
3. Then you need to contact the Pension Fund at your place of residence.
4. Next, it is necessary to confirm the correspondence of awards and medals to merit.
5. Wait for the application to be reviewed.
6. After this, you can receive a pension on a general basis.

As for documentation, the following must be submitted to the Pension Fund:

• passport identification;
• photo 3x4;
• documents that give the right to receive special allowances and additional payments;
• certificate from the place of work about work experience;
• if the person continues to work, then the work book;
• ID of a home front worker during the Second World War (if available);
• medical certificate of disability (if any).

It is important to note that if a veteran for some reason changes his place of residence, he needs to register with the Pension Fund at the new place of residence. In this case, the pension will be changed in accordance with the established norms of the region.

Increasing pensions for veterans

Every veteran is interested in the question: when will their pension be increased and by how much? It is difficult to answer this question unequivocally, since everything depends on the economy of the state. Veterans who have the right to apply for recalculation of pensions can do so without an application. It is enough to simply submit the relevant documents. In today's conditions, life is difficult for everyone, including veterans. Despite the fact that, in fact, they should receive various allowances, benefits and additional payments, in reality they often have to spend months and years trying to ensure that the size of their pension increases. It is reported that this year veterans will receive an increase in their monthly payment, which will amount to 2,780.74 rubles. Note that before this the amount was 2,638.27 rubles.

What benefits do veterans have?

Along with the question of increasing their pension, many are interested in what benefits they deserve. First, let's figure out what types of benefits exist:

1. Social.
2. Tax.
3. Pension.

The first group includes utility bills, that is, veterans have the right to a discount when paying these tariffs. You can also include free departmental medicine, dental prosthetics, 5 weeks of paid leave (for workers), skip-the-line service at the box office, provision of vouchers, and priority entry into housing cooperatives.

As for tax benefits, they apply to transport, property and land. Pension benefits include monthly additional payments, bonuses and social services. In some regions, all these payments are provided by local budgets.

In addition to everything that we have listed, it should be noted that veterans have the right to increased provision of everything necessary. This includes food, clothing, medicines, etc. They also have early retirement benefits. As a rule, labor veterans and combatants (WWII and local wars) are entitled to this. In addition, they can freely participate in state social packages and apply for timely adjustments to pensions and other related payments. The state is especially attentive to such persons and provides them with everything they need. In general, veterans in the Russian Federation have a lot of priorities, benefits and payments. They receive pensions much higher than other citizens. It is noteworthy that Chernobyl victims also have the right to privileges and increased pensions, because they suffered as a result of a large-scale disaster. Particularly privileged are those who participated in the liquidation of the accident, as a result of which they undermined their health or became disabled. Every year, the pensions and benefits of these citizens are reviewed and, if possible, increased.

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What kind of pension will veterans of the Great Patriotic War receive in 2019?

In Russian legislation there is a separate category of citizens who have the right to a suspended pension - these are veterans. In order to take care of them, the Russian Federation adopted Law (in 1995) No. 5-FZ “On Veterans”. Pensions for combatants are established in a different amount and procedure than for ordinary, ordinary citizens.

Who are combat veterans?

In Article 3 of the Law “On Veterans” you can get the following information about who belongs to the VBD:

1. Employees of the Armed Forces (Armed Forces) of Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Directorates of the Federal Penitentiary Service and other state bodies responsible for the security of the Russian Federation, who were at one time or another in the area of ​​military operations taking place in Russia or in other foreign countries.
2. Employees of certain government bodies of the USSR, for example, the Soviet Army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of State Security, who were direct participants in the demining program for post-war sites, which took place from 1945 to 1951. In addition, military sailors who were engaged in combat trawling from 1945 to 1957 are also classified as VBD.
3. As for motorists transporting cargo in Afghanistan, as well as performing missions in this region, they are also eligible for the combat veterans' pension.
4. Other military personnel in Afghanistan who carried out combat missions, etc.
5. Persons performing special assignments and tasks in Syria, starting from the end of September 2015.

It is these persons, according to Russian legislation, who can count on.

Pension provision for combat veterans is based on a number of other legislative acts:

• Law No. 4468-1 of February 12, 1993, which concerns military pensions;
• Federal Law No. 400-FZ of December 28, 2013, regulating insurance pensions.

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Types of pensions for veterans

There are currently only 3 areas in which pensions are calculated for combat veterans.

These include:

• , which allows VBD to receive his statutory retirement pension. At the same time, citizens have the right to all existing allowances - regional, established at the federal level;
• . This type occurs when establishing an IAP disability;
• pension from the state. It is its size that varies in percentage, which depends on the places of military service during combat operations.

It is important! The pension will differ from payments to WWII veterans and others. They all have an individual character.

Formation of payments

The size of the pension for combatants and the right to receive it, as indicated earlier, depend on a number of factors.

These may include the following indicators and conditions:

1. length of service, which must be more than 20 years;
2. the citizen's age is 45 years, as well as the existence of a mixed experience of 25 years. At the same time, a very important point is that 12 years and 6 months is the minimum period of military service.

If we are talking about the insurance part of a pension for veterans, then in this case the following conditions should be reported:

• the age for the male population of Russia is 60 years, and for women 5 years less - 55 years;
• the minimum indicator is 8 years for insurance experience. This applies to 2017;
• individual coefficients - 11.4 points for 2017.

Pension amount

If, according to preliminary data, a citizen has the right to receive a pension for UBI, it is worth knowing how much the veteran can expect. To begin with, it is worth noting that provision (additional payments) for this category of persons is individual in nature.

For example, there is such a thing as length of service. If a citizen has the right to a pension according to this indicator, then its size may look like this:

• with 20 years of service, a veteran can receive 50% of the salary calculated. The plus to it is 3% for each year beyond those same 20.

Attention! It is worth considering that 85% is the maximum in the total amount of additional payments.

• mixed experience requires 25 years of experience. In this case, there are the same 50% and in addition only 1% for the subsequent year worked, etc.

It is important! VBDs, who were civilians during various military operations, receive their funds through the Pension Fund.

You also need to know about (EDV), the size of which depends on the category of the veteran.

For example, in 2017, those with disabilities received just over 5,000 rubles monthly as daily allowance. And UBI is only about 3,000 rubles.

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Pension supplements as a percentage

There is another type of supplement - 32% to the pension of combatants. This allowance may apply to:

• VBD, including veterans of the Great Patriotic War;
• those who visited concentration camps and similar institutions of the Nazis;
• Leningrad siege survivors;
• disabled people who, while still in childhood, were injured during the Second World War.

Important! Since the process of indexation of pensions of the population of our country occurs periodically, the 32% bonus increases accordingly.

Payments to participants in the Chechen campaigns and Afghanistan

A relatively new status is that of a combat veteran who has been in the Chechen War, which has taken place in the history of our state since the 90s of the 20th century. The pension is due in the following cases:

• if the citizens were soldiers or officers of this military campaign;
• if they were seconded to this territory;
• purposeful dispatch of certain employees to the Chechen “hot spot”;
• all other persons who took a direct part in this war on the territory of Chechnya on legal grounds.

It is important! To count on a pension as a veteran of military operations in Chechnya, you must have the appropriate document - an identity card.

The amount of the final accruals consists of allowances, additional and social payments and amounts to a total of about 15,000 rubles. In this case, the presence of wounds received during combat operations is also important. Such allowances depend on the group of disability received and range from 1,700 rubles to 3,500 rubles.

• drivers of motor vehicles;
• pilots and crew members of military air transport;
• seconded employees to Afghanistan.

Attention! Pensions for Afghans are calculated according to an algorithm developed for veterans of the Great Patriotic War. There is only one distinctive feature regarding length of service. So, one year of experience is equal to 3 years of work.

In addition, there are other factors that affect the size of a citizen’s pension provision, in addition to length of service:

• amount of military service time:
• position as a combatant.

Important! If the accrued pension does not reach the subsistence level in our country, then the state provides a number of allowances and benefits for Afghans.

Disability also matters, as in the case of veterans of the Chechen war. If it is formalized and received due to participation in hostilities, a citizen (veteran) can count on additional payments. VBDs in Afghanistan with a first group disability can receive a pension for years of service, increased threefold. For the second group, a twofold increase is provided. And for the third disability group - 1.5 times.

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Last changes

In 2018, the indexation of pension payments was carried out in January.

For pensioners of law enforcement agencies, the amount of allowance was increased by 4%. The size of pension payments has increased accordingly. The amount of monetary allowance, which is taken into account when calculating the military pension, has not changed and amounted to 72.23%.