On Awarding One-off Premiums to Veterans of the Great Patriotic War and Certain Categories of Citizens Affected by the Consequences of the War in Connection with the Celebration of the 65th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 

The premiums will be granted to all categories of the veterans, to family members of the servicemen, partisans, resistance movement activists who were killed or missed in action during the Great Patriotic War; to the people who became disabled as a result of a wound, contusion or severe injury caused by the military actions during the Great Patriotic War or their aftermath; to the former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, prisons, ghettos; and to former underage prisoners of the other places of forced imprisonment created by the Nazis and their allies during the years of the Great Patriotic War.

The amount of the premiums to be awarded to the Heroes of the Soviet Union and to the individuals decorated with the Order of Glory of the three classes, and bearers of the Hero of Socialist Labour title, who were awarded this title during the years of the Great Patriotic War, will be Br500,000.

The payment of the one-off premiums will be made within the period from 1 April 2010 till 1 May 2010 in accordance with the pension payment procedure.

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