For formal reasons, military officials were left without a pension of a participant in the Great Patriotic War

For formal reasons, military officials were left without a pension of a participant in the Great Patriotic War

92-year-old Vasily Litvinenko, a front-line soldier, retired lieutenant colonel who had served in the Northern Fleet for many years, Russia refused a pension. Vasily Romanovich, living in St. Petersburg, has not received a penny from the state for several months. The homeland does not admit in any way: he has long repelled all the debts to her, and now she also owes a little.

Vasily Litvinenko was born in Ukraine in 1922, he was drafted into the Red Army in October 1940. He graduated from the aviation school and fought until the last day of the war. He fought on Kalininsky, North-West, Voronezh, steppe, 1st Ukrainian and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. He liberated Prague and took Berlin - for both he has rewards. In total, he has three orders and over two dozen medals.

After the war, Litvinenko studied at the institute and returned to the army again. He served in the Navy - first in Black Sea, and the last ten years - on the northern, in the military garrison behind the polar circle. Wife and two children - there, with him.

In 1968, Vasily Romanovich retired due to illness. But then combat merits were still valued - 197 rubles 20 kopecks charged a pension to Lt. Col. Litvinenko. And the retirement family went to live to Ukraine, where he comes from.

The daughter and son of Litvinenko grew up, learned, moved to live in St. Petersburg. Parents spent summer in Ukraine, and for the winter moved to the children. This continued until health allowed. However, in recent years, it has worsened. Vasily Romanovich suffered two heart attacks and several operations, his legs almost refused - he moves now with the help of crutches and only around the apartment, his hands do not obey, sees only one eye, speaks hard, hears poorly.

A year ago, the son of the veteran decided that his father would remain with him, in St. Petersburg, for good. It was not there ...

In May, the son made the parent a permanent registration at the place of residence in St. Petersburg. And then he went to the military enlistment office and found out what documents are needed to appoint a pension to the veteran who moved from Ukraine to Russia. The list of papers demanded considerable. Alexander gathered them all, except for one single-a sheet of departure. Usually it is issued upon discharge at the old address. But Vasily Romanovich did not make a planned move from Ukraine to Russia, painstakingly packing boxes and suitcases, but was forced to stay in St. Petersburg because of the ill health. But it is this document that is now required by the St. Petersburg military registration and enlistment office, refusing to pay and pay the pension to the veteran.

- I was at the reception of the head of the center for the social security of the city council Pavel Kocheshkov, from his deputy Dmitry Cancer, from the military commissar of St. Petersburg Sergey Kachkovsky. Everyone told me: there will be no sheet of departure - there will be no pension, never, ”says the son of a front -line soldier. - They told me: the father of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation and permanent registration in St. Petersburg does not yet prove that he is a Russian citizen and constantly lives here. Employees of the citywater enlistment office, headed by the commissar, refuse to consider the father a citizen of the Russian Federation and apply norms to him as a foreigner. The fact that he is a participant in the war is not taken into account at all. If the father had enough strength for the road, we would, of course, go for this piece of paper, but he is very sick, and the migration service of Ukraine to issue such a document requires the applicant’s personal presence.

“Two tips were given to us in the citywater enlistment office,” continues Alexander. - First: contact the Consulate General of Ukraine: supposedly the father will be “discharged in two weeks”. I visited. The consulate explained to me that this is done only for citizens of Ukraine permanently residing abroad. Such a status can be obtained in at least four months and 10 thousand rubles. But not dad! According to the law, when acquiring Russian citizenship, my father has lost his former citizenship of Ukraine, and for him this procedure is impossible for any money and at any time. Nevertheless, the employees of the City Machine forced the father to take such actions by improving themselves as a citizen of Ukraine ... The second advice was given by the military commissar of St. Petersburg: to file an application with the court. I believe that only people who show neglect of war veterans, and they should not be in the public service, summarize the public service, can complain to the court to the court.

The Frontovik family did not find a single Russian law that would provide for the need for the notorious “leaf of departure”. But she found out that, according to the Ministry of Socialist Protection of the Russian Federation dated 01/18/1996 No. 1-1-U, paragraph 3: “ Persons for the appointment of a pension and, along with registration at the place of residence in Russia, a residence permit in the territory of another state, the appointment of a pension can be made regardless of the fact of extract from the place of residence in the territory of another state .”

A month ago, Alexander Litvinenko sent statements to the city prosecutor's office and the Council of Veterans, the Commissioner for Human Rights in St. Petersburg and State Duma deputies. No results. On August 1, the son of the veteran sent a letter to the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu: “The payment of a pension to his father at the same place of residence was discontinued a few months ago. Now he does not have a livelihood. After a medical operation, it cannot do without outside help ... It may be possible to live a father for several months ... Given the situation and status of a front -line soldier, I ask you to give an order to immediately accrue pensions to Vasily Litvinenko. A participant in the Second World War, who fought with Hitler Germany, cannot be deprived of a pension for any reason. There are no such reasons. ”

Direct speech

Alexander Cherkashin, Deputy Military Commissioner of St. Petersburg:

- The son of this veteran acted incorrectly and continues to act incorrectly, which will lead to the fact that the solution of the issue will be delayed indefinitely. He was recommended where to go. Because we have an explanation of the main military prosecutor’s office on the letter of the Deputy Minister of Defense for Finance and Economics Shevtsova, where all this is explained. In the letter of Shevtsova, it is directly written: it is mandatory for military pensioners the first document, not the second, but the first - on deregistration from registration at the previous place of residence in the CIS countries. The clarification of GVP was not only given to us. It is valid throughout Russia. People have already turned to us in similar situations to the main military prosecutor’s office, and those, in turn, were written by the Deputy Minister of Defense on Finance and Economics Shevtsova, and she was a clear response to the Main Military Prosecutor's Office. And GVP has already given explanations to citizens and military commissariats.

We are the last, final instance, performers. Until the veteran of withdrawal from registration at that place of residence will not have a pension. This is the only issue that is resolved easily and simply, going to the consular department of Ukraine. Within two weeks, they usually give an answer and write out. No problems. The son does not want to do this. He wants a scandal. He wants to write to the president. Will turn to the Minister of Defense. He scared the military commissar of St. Petersburg at his personal reception. Then he was advised: if you do not want to go to the consular department, go to court. For a month and a half, the court makes a decision and always sides the war participants. There is a judicial practice. We attach a court decision to a pension case. A person begins to receive a pension.

There is no attitude here, there is no arbitrariness here. We have really serious explanatory paper from the main military prosecutor's office on this topic. Unfortunately, we are only performers in this situation. For us, the consequence of incorrect actions in this case will be an audit and an order to make funds, that is, on compensation for harm.