"Now I am nobody, they spit in the soul." What the Omsk pensioner asked about whom the host of the "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" interrupted

One of the first on the air of the Direct Line with Vladimir Putin was a question from a pensioner from Omsk Vladimir Vasilkov about rehabilitation after coronavirus.

“Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, I had previously been ill with coronavirus, I was discharged. They said that there is free rehabilitation in one of three possible institutions. There was no quota in one, in the other you need to pay 50 thousand rubles. Why was it necessary to deceive about free rehabilitation, especially pensioners? ”, Omich addressed President.

Putin noted that in fact, there was never any rehabilitation in Russia, so now this work is organized.

“Now we have allocated money for the rehabilitation system and will conclude contracts for the purchase of the necessary equipment. Covid hit the vessels, respiratory systems and other body systems. We need special equipment, equipment. Money for this is allocated now. If something is offered for money, you need to watch a specific case, ”he said.

After that, the leading broadcast Nail Asker-Zade invited the president to contact the author of the issue in order to understand his situation. Putin agreed. However, when they contacted the Omsk pensioner from the studio by phone, he decided to ask another question. The man complained to the president that he was deprived of the title of labor veteran of the Omsk region, although he "worked for more than forty years." This, according to Vasilkov, happened after he was a little raised a pension.

“They paid at least 550 rubles, now I am nobody, they spit in my soul. I am not the only one ... ”, the pensioner said.

At this moment, Nalya Asker-Zade interrupted Omsk and reminded him that the question that he sent talked to another topic.

“You sent the question that you were ill with coronavirus,” she said.

Vasilkov replied that he had "this question."

Putin admitted that this is a problem that people often face in the regions. He recalled that this is a regional decision, and the administration of the subject of the federation reserves the right to both award by rank and deprive it.

“I think this is absolutely unreasonable, and this is the wrong decision. I hope that they will hear me in Omsk, ”said the Russian President and recalled that the constitution has a ban on the recall of benefits from the citizens who have already been assigned to them.

An hour after the pensioner from Omsk asked his question, the press service of the Investigative Committee on the region reported that she began an audit of deprivation of his title “Veteran of Labor”.

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Later, the Governor of the Omsk Region, Alexander Burkov, explained that the “veteran” payment was not entitled if the pension exceeds 15,631 rubles.

“The title of“ veteran of the Omsk region ”of Vladimir Alekseevich did not deprive no one. Back in early 2017, amendments were amended by the law regulating the procedure for granting citizens this payment. Including a criterion for need. Today, citizens with a pension of no more than 15,631 rubles receive surcharges. Since April of this year, the indexation of pensions has passed, which is why they stopped paying an additional payment to Vladimir Alekseevich, ”he said.

However, the head of the region promised to figure out the situation and assured that the regional authorities would quickly think what to do with the allowance further.