The Russian Pension Fund has opened an office in Crimea and started forming territorial structures in cities and districts, ITAR-TASS reports.
Russian Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said that pension payments had started on April 4. Pensions worth 4.17 billion rubles will be paid throughout April. 1.918 billion rubles have already been transferred. Pensioners have received 643 million rubles. Sevastopol has received 954 billion rubles, considering the raise of pensions by 25%.
