The Law "On Veterans" Federal. Federal Law No. 5-FZ with amendments and comments

What benefits does the state provide to former combatants? The federal law on veterans will be discussed in this article.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War

The Law on Veterans (Federal Law No. 5 of 1995) fixes the following main categories of citizens:

• Veterans of the Great Patriotic War;
• Veterans of military operations that occurred during the Soviet era;
• Veterans of military operations of the Russian Federation;
• Veterans of labor activity.

Each of the groups represented has the right to certain benefits and social privileges. What does the Federal Law say about the veterans of the Great Patriotic War? The first thing to note is the definition of this group of people. The bill prescribes that veterans of the Great Patriotic War can be only those persons who have been military or labor services in the period from 1941 to 1945. The length of service should not be less than six months. The following categories of war participants are distinguished:

• Persons who were part of the army that operated at the time of the Great Patriotic War, members of underground formations, as well as partisans;
• Intelligence and counterintelligence officers;
• Persons working in institutions for internal affairs, as well as in the security agencies of the state;
• Employees of air defense facilities;
• Rear workers;
• Persons who survived the conditions of the besieged Leningrad.

The Law on Veterans (Federal Law No. 5 of 1995) also highlights some other groups of servicemen and workers of the Great Patriotic War.

Veterans of military and labor service

The third article of the Federal Law in question slightly more reveals the main categories of persons belonging to veterans of military operations. Here's what you can distinguish here:

• Employees of the "higher" structures - the Ministry of Defense, the penitentiary system, internal affairs bodies and state security during the Great Patriotic War;
• Servicemen of any rank or rank, and also dismissed or retired, serving from June 1941 to May 1945, and in foreign territories - until 1952;
• Military personnel serving in Afghanistan;
• Employees of automobile and cargo battalions in Afghanistan;
• The military, who served time in the territory of Syria.

Labor veterans are any citizens of the Russian Federation, as well as the former Soviet Union, with the identification of a veteran of labor.

Public policy

The federal law (No. 5 FZ) on veterans regulates a specific policy with respect to a group of persons who have carried out military or specific labor activities on the territory of the USSR or the Russian Federation. What exactly is it about? The law in question prescribes the following points:

• It is necessary to create appropriate bodies in the power structures of the Russian Federation, whose purpose would be to take care of veterans and guardianship over them;
• It is necessary to implement qualitatively the methods of social support in accordance with certain laws and by-laws;
• It is necessary to allocate funds for the implementation of measures and methods of social care and care for veterans;
• It is desirable to promote the importance of military and labor services in the media.

Thus, the presented federal law quite clearly and clearly defines the main directions of the state policy towards veterans.

The first group of types of social support

The Veterans Act (Federal Law No. 5 of 1995) prescribes the main types and types of social support that must be provided to every citizen with the status of a veteran. Which species are indicated here?

Here's what we're talking about:

• In accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation, veterans should be paid timely cash benefits, work on pensions should not be violated for any case;
• Cash payments must be made monthly, delinquencies are unacceptable;
• In accordance with Federal Law No. 176 of 2015, veterans should be provided with accommodation;
• Payment of housing, as well as utilities should be compensated;
• If necessary, veterans should be provided with quality medical care;
• Need for benefits for pensions.

Not all the types of social support that are envisaged by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation on Veterans have been mentioned above. Further, some other measures of assistance to the persons under consideration will be described.

The second group of types of social support

Every veteran of labor, a former serviceman or a disabled combatant must be provided with quality housing. It should be noted that the granting of a face area with the status of a veteran can only be carried out once. Does not affect the receipt of housing social or property status of the veteran.

It is necessary to highlight some other points. So, every veteran must have a home phone out of the queue. It is worth noting and benefits when entering into various kinds of cooperatives: garage, garden, housing, etc. Compensation of the same costs for utilities should be at least 50 percent.

Every veteran has the right to receive quality medical care out of turn (with medical assistance free of charge). It is worth noting and free provision of prostheses, orthopedic structures or other auxiliary elements.

Payments to veterans

Separately it is worthwhile to tell about cash benefits, which should be provided by veterans of labor or military operations. The Law on Veterans (Federal Law No. 5 of 1995), namely Article 23.1, regulates the main points concerning all necessary payments.

Monthly cash benefits, according to Article 154 of Federal Law No. 122 of 2004, are relied on prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other fascist places of forced detention. Also highlighted (article 23.1 of Federal Law No. 5 in the wording of 2016) are direct participants in hostilities, disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War, workers in the rear, residents of the besieged Leningrad and some other categories of citizens.

The amounts of cash payments are as follows:

• 3088 rubles for disabled war veterans;
• 2316 direct participants in the hostilities;
• 1699 rubles to persons who survived the blockade or fascist concentration camps.

The federal law also speaks about the indexation of these payments. It should occur once a year, in accordance with the level of inflation. The veterans can receive their payments at any nearest branch of the Pension Fund of Russia.

Housing support

Some types of social assistance related to housing and communal services have already been identified above. Now this issue should be opened a little wider.

The federal law of the Russian Federation (No. 5 FZ) on veterans regulates the need for public authorities to monitor the payment of housing and communal services for veterans. The required funds must come from the federal budget of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The payments should be determined in accordance with the cost of utilities, the area of housing in which a citizen lives with the status of a veteran, and also the amount of contributions for capital repairs.

It is also worth noting that the Federal Law No. 5 on veterans (with changes from 2015) refers to persons who should be paid by the state to pay for utilities, practically all the above-listed participants in the hostilities.

Provision of living quarters for veterans is also regulated by the submitted bill. The total area of housing, for example, should not be less than 18 m ² .

Ritual services

The Federal Law of the Russian Federation on Veterans, namely Article 24, fixes the main provisions concerning material assistance to the relatives of the deceased veteran. It's about burial and related ritual services. So, the state is obliged to pay all necessary expenses connected with the following moments:

• Carrying out of transportation of a body to a burial place;
• Cremation or burial;
• Manufacturing and installation of a monument.

All necessary means should be allocated by the federal executive authority authorized in the field of military defense.

Final Provisions of the Federal Law on Veterans

The bill under consideration contains a number of basic provisions, presented as final. What exactly is worth highlighting here? First, this is article 25 on the organization of public associations of veterans. Such associations should be established in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens who have the status of a veteran. Various state bodies, both federal and bodies of subjects, should render all possible assistance to such associations.

Separately, it is worth talking about the responsibility that can be imposed on certain officials in case of failure to perform (or poor performance) functions aimed at supporting veterans. Here it is necessary to highlight the legal right of every veteran to apply to the judicial authority for the protection of his rights (the commentary to the Federal Veterans Act contains separate explanations on complaints: they concern the lack of social support, state payments, quality medical care, etc.).

The final provisions contain, among other things, references to documentation that confirms the rights of citizens with the status of veterans and their relatives. There is also a special list of states, cities and regions where at the moment military operations are taking place involving Russian citizens. This list is constantly updated.