Finally! Donetsk Rebels to Start Own Pension Fund, Pay Retirees Abandoned by Kiev

‘From April this year, the Donetsk People’s Republic will begin the regular payment of pensions in Russian roubles. This is a result of a decree issued by the head of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), Aleksandr Zakharchenko, according to the Donetsk News Agency.

As the document states, the DPR pension fund will be created in order to “begin the regular payment of pension to citizens entitled to a state pension and who are present in the records of the Donetsk People’s Republic.”’

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