What benefits are available to citizens affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

The terrible accident that occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 has been echoing itself for more than 30 years.

Vast areas were exposed to radiation, and entire cities were left abandoned. Thousands of people received incurable diseases and remained disabled.

The Russian Federation still bears responsibility for compensation for damage caused to the health of victims during the elimination of the consequences of accidents. At the legislative level, a list of benefits is established both for the liquidation participants themselves and for their relatives: widows and children.

Every year the list changes, it is supplemented and expanded. What payments and benefits do Chernobyl survivors have and how can they be obtained?

What is the payment for working in the Chernobyl zone?

People living in these territories have the right to state assistance and certain types of benefits, the names of which are contained in the list determined in 1991. Depending on what zone the person was in, the list of payments is determined. The benefits a person receives are also affected by the length of time they live or work in contaminated areas. For example, Chernobyl payments relating to the zone subject to resettlement will be due to a person if he has lived or worked in this place for at least one year.

Features of providing assistance to relatives

Widows of the beneficiary retain the right to pay 50% of utilities and rent.

If a widow or other family member was dependent on Chernobyl victims, they are entitled to monthly payments.

Children receive places without waiting in line in general education, sanatorium, and preschool institutions.

The widow and other family members can get a place in a nursing home without a waiting list.

The state provides support to citizens and their family members affected by the Chernobyl disaster. The main thing is to know your rights and be able to formalize them on time.

What benefits are available to Chernobyl victims in 2020?

• improvement of living conditions;
• 50% discount on payment for living space;
• 50% discount on utility bills;
• 50% discount on the purchase of fuel for heating living space;
• the right to avoid layoffs at the official place of work;
• entry out of turn into the circle of participants in construction and/or garage cooperatives;
• extraordinary allocation of a land plot if it is necessary to build living space;
• purchasing a dacha out of turn;
• the right to receive medical care out of turn;
• the right to priority service at points and pharmacies;
• the right to provide children with priority places in sanatoriums, medical institutions, as well as educational and preschool institutions. In addition, the state is obliged to allocate 90 rubles daily for food and child support in these institutions;
• provision of places in boarding houses for the disabled and elderly, as well as veterans' homes;
• depending on the region, Chernobyl victims have tax benefits - they pay only part or do not pay any transport tax;
• the right to priority employment after relocation to a new place of residence;
• Children of Chernobyl victims have priority when applying to universities.

List of rights and benefits

As Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes, Chernobyl victims are entitled to the following benefits:

• free medical care and free issuance of a medical policy with a special program;
• tax benefits;
• priority receipt of vouchers to sanatoriums and resorts. When. If the voucher cannot be provided, the citizen is paid its monetary value;
• provision of living space (if necessary);
• 50% discount on travel within Russia by plane and train;
• free travel on city passenger transport (buses, trolleybuses, etc.);
• extraordinary telephone installation;
• discounts on contributions for major repairs;
• benefits due to temporary disability in the amount of full earnings (regardless of how long the period of disability lasts);
• free production and repair of dentures;
• monthly cash payment (for food and as compensation for harm caused to health).

Benefits for Chernobyl victims and their relatives in 2020-2020

• the right to improved living conditions;
• the right to pay only half the rent and privileges when paying for utilities;
• in the absence of central heating - the opportunity to get a 50% discount on fuel;
• if there is a reduction in staffing levels, then the employee affected by the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant can be fired only as a last resort (and the length of service in this case will not be taken into account);
• enrollment in a university should occur on preferential terms;
• It is possible to join gardening, housing construction and garage cooperatives out of turn;
• compensation for travel expenses to a sanatorium or dispensary;
• land for construction, which is allocated to beneficiaries first;
• medical services provided out of turn (category 2 beneficiaries especially need such privileges);
• beneficiaries should be given priority places in boarding houses for the disabled or in veterans' homes;
• in most regions, Chernobyl victims are provided with tax benefits - they apply to transport tax (beneficiaries pay only a certain part of it or do not pay it at all);
• After relocation to a new place of residence, beneficiaries receive the right to priority employment.

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Indexation 2020

From February 1, 2020, victims of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, taking into account the indexation carried out, will have the following payments:

• those who received or suffered radiation sickness and other diseases due to the accident - RUB 2,162.67,
• disabled people due to an accident - RUB 2,701.62;
• liquidators who received excess radiation doses - 2,701.62 rubles,
• other liquidators - RUB 2,162.67,
• evacuees from the exclusion zone in 1986 - 2,162.67 rubles,
• for those living in the residential area - 540.66 rubles,
• for children and adolescents who live in the resettlement zone and residence zone, as well as evacuees - RUB 1,350.82,
• children and adolescents who became disabled due to the consequences of the accident - RUB 2,701.62,
• children and adolescents who suffer from illnesses due to the consequences of the accident - RUB 2,162.67,
• children and adolescents who live in an area with a preferential socio-economic status - 811.88 rubles,
• workers and employees (including military personnel, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations) who became disabled due to work at the site of the accident - 2,701.62 rubles,
• workers and employees who became ill as a result of working at the accident site - RUB 2,162.67.

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Benefits and pension payments to Chernobyl victims in 2020

Categories of people assigned the status of Chernobyl victims have the right to apply for state guarantees and preferential benefits. This is discussed in Art. 3 in the Federal Law “On the social protection of citizens exposed to radiation as a result of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant”, adopted on May 15, 1991 and registered under number 1244-1: “Citizens of the Russian Federation are guaranteed compensation for damage caused to their health and property as a result of the disaster established by this Law at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, compensation for damages for the risk resulting from living and working in the territory exposed to radioactive contamination exceeding permissible levels as a result of the Chernobyl disaster, as well as the provision of social support measures.”

The procedure for obtaining these privileges

To assign payments and benefits, you need to collect documents and submit an application . It is necessary to document that you belong to the category of Chernobyl victims. To do this, you need to issue a “Chernobyl Identification Certificate” . This document will further serve as confirmation of all benefits.

To obtain a certificate, you must contact the social security service .

When applying you will need to present:

1. Passport or birth certificate for minor children;
2. A document confirming the status of a Chernobyl survivor. This may be a certificate of residence time in the zone, a military ID with a mark of service during the period of the accident and liquidation of consequences;
3. If a relative is applying, documentary evidence of communication with the relative is required.

Benefits for Chernobyl victims

Ukraine . Here, the situation of Chernobyl victims is regulated by the Law of Ukraine “On the status and social protection of citizens affected by the Chernobyl disaster” dated February 28, 1991 No. 796-XII. There are very few differences with Russian law. Beneficiaries are also divided into categories according to which payments and compensation are assigned. But, due to the difficult situation of the Ukrainian budget, there is no hope for an increase in compensation.

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Categories of Chernobyl victims

In accordance with the division into zones, categories of beneficiaries . Before granting benefits, the period of residence and stay of Chernobyl victims in a certain territory is taken into account. A citizen must live in the resettlement zone for at least a year. For a zone with the right to resettlement, a period of at least 3 years is established, and 4 years for a territory with a moderate level of radiation.

According to Russian legislation, the right to receive benefits for Chernobyl victims :

1. Citizens who became ill with radiation sickness as a result of the accident, if they lived on the territory at that moment or worked on the territory at the time of eliminating the consequences of the disaster;
2. Persons who became ill from radiation after the accident. This also applies to both those living at the location of the station and those working during the liquidation;
3. Citizens who have become disabled after radiation exposure. This applies to categories such as:
   Military personnel aimed at eliminating the consequences of the disaster;
4. Military personnel, law enforcement officers;
5. Ministry of Emergency Situations employees;
6. Doctors, medical staff.
7. Citizens who were deported without fail in 1986. This category includes people who were in the womb at the time of evacuation;
8. Persons who became bone marrow donors for people affected by Chernobyl. Donors receive benefits regardless of where the operation took place;
9. The population of the zone with the right of resettlement, as well as those who were sent there to carry out work activities;
10. People who permanently lived or worked in an area with moderate levels of radiation.

Chernobyl child care benefits in 2108

• Women who were fired from their jobs. This could happen at the time of maternity leave, during pregnancy. The reason for dismissal is not taken into account.
• Citizens who are not required to take out health insurance.
• Girls who study full-time also have children.
• Official spouses of military personnel.
• Women who are liable for military service also have the right to benefits during the period of leave to care for children.
• All women who are on maternity leave.

Benefits for liquidators and citizens affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

To obtain privileges, you must write an application and attach a certificate confirming your right to it. The registration of these is carried out by the social protection authorities. To receive you need:

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Areas now belonging to different countries were infected. Benefits for victims of the Chernobyl disaster are provided at the legislative level not only in Russia. The following legislative acts have been adopted:

Chernobyl certificate: benefits due to its owners

• Reimbursement of money spent by them to restore their health, as well as to restore property lost as a result of relocation or evacuation.
• Social accompaniment and support.
• Compensation for moral damages for the risk to which they exposed their lives.
• Tax benefits.
• I would like to note that Chernobyl victims have the right to enjoy the following privileges:
• Discount on payment of utility costs (electricity, gas, water, cost per square meter of living space, etc.) in the amount of 50%.
• Refund of 50% of the amount spent on the purchase of fuel needed to heat your home (if there is no other heating alternative).
• The opportunity to get an apartment without waiting in line, join a cooperative, or receive a plot of land (for building housing).
• The Chernobyl certificate gives benefits at work to its owner; he can be fired as a last resort (in the event of liquidation of the enterprise).
• Chernobyl survivors have the legal right to be granted a second leave within the period that is most acceptable for the person.
• In case of moving to another place of residence, he has the right to priority provision of another job vacancy. At the same time, working conditions and wages should not be worse than at the previous place of work.
• Opportunity for free examination in hospitals and clinics, dental prosthetics, treatment in hospitals.
• Annual and extraordinary opportunity to undergo treatment or health restoration in boarding houses or rest homes.
• The retirement age of Chernobyl victims is lower than that of ordinary citizens.

Additional payments for disabled Chernobyl victims

Citizens who became disabled after the Chernobyl disaster are provided with the following monthly payments:

• RUB 16,338 with disability group I;
• RUB 8,169 for disabled people of group II;
• RUB 2,367 with disability group III.

Disability pensions as of 2019, upon reaching retirement age:

• Group I – 23,845.45 rubles;
• Group II – 11,922.73 rubles;
• Group III – 5,961.36 rubles.

Who is included in this category?

A slight increase in the amount of state support is expected by people who went through military operations and became victims after the liquidation of a difficult emergency situation. Chernobyl victims receive many beneficial benefits along with cash payments:

• treatment;
• road;
• medicines;
• rest in sanatoriums.

Deductions for this category of persons come from the budget. From here the following citizens receive subsidies:

1. Pregnant military wives.
2. Without social insurance.
3. Women who do not work before childbirth.
4. Retrenched due to the complete liquidation of the enterprise.

These categories of persons will receive higher cash payments after the recalculation carried out on April 1. The size of the increase will depend on how much regular inflation rises.

List of preferences

The law lists the rights that are guaranteed to disabled Chernobyl victims:

• compensation for damage to health;
• coverage for damage caused to property (personal);
• compensation for the risk to which a citizen was exposed while living in the danger zone;
• an alternative replacement for the risk for workers in the area where hazardous substances are distributed;
• compensation up to the amount of previous income;
• covering inconveniences associated with moving;
• social payments and benefits.

When prescribing support measures, government agencies are guided by the laws of the Russian Federation.

Benefits

The preferential category of citizens, as well as those living in territories with the right of resettlement, receive benefits from the state in the established amount. In addition to federal preferences, regional support measures are also provided if they are accepted by the local administration.

Expert opinion

The estimated amounts of benefits for the category of disabled Chernobyl victims are necessarily indexed along with other government payments. If a citizen notices that after April 1 his monetary compensation has not changed, he must contact the Pension Fund or Social Security authorities. Some categories of beneficiaries do not know about regional preferences, so regular consultation with the relevant services is necessary. This way, a disabled person will protect himself from unnecessary costs and will be able to benefit from a full package of compensation guaranteed by the state and regional authorities.

Employee of the MFC Belgorod Myanikova E.L.

Russian legislation

Article 7 of Law No. 1244-1 of May 15, 1991 defines four categories of radiation exposure zones. Citizens receive preferential status depending on their residence in a particular region, as well as taking into account the fact of participation in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster.

List of contaminated areas:

Attention: radiation levels are constantly monitored in all areas. Based on the results, a decision is made to change the category of individual areas and transfer them to another zone (with a greater or lesser danger to human health).

Areas now belonging to different countries were infected. Benefits for victims of the Chernobyl disaster are provided at the legislative level not only in Russia. The following legislative acts have been adopted:

• in Belarus;
• in Ukraine;
• In Kazakhstan.

Attention: the status of a Chernobyl survivor gives the right to receive preferences within the framework of the Labor Code (LC) of the Russian Federation. Download for viewing and printing:

Labor Code of the Russian Federation dated December 30, 2001 No. 197-FZ

Who is granted Chernobyl status?

A discounted certificate is available to all victims of a nuclear disaster. There are many such citizens. And they differ:

• conditions for receiving defeat;
• degree of development of the disease.

In addition, the number of victims includes family members of people affected by radiation sickness. Their quality of life also deteriorated due to the fact that their loved one was exposed to radiation.

Full list of Chernobyl victims for 2020:

• people who lived in the affected areas and received critical doses of radiation during the accident;
• specialists and workers who took part in the liquidation;
• citizens whose disease was subsequently discovered after a certain time has passed since the accident;
• those who have received a disability due to radiation sickness;
• bone marrow donors for the affected (regardless of the location of the operation);
• living in special zones on a permanent basis from 1996 to the present.

Attention: preferential status is granted to:

• civilians, including children who were not yet born at the time of the accident (who were in the womb);
• military personnel and employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations;
• doctors and other specialists.

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List of preferences for Chernobyl victims

Within the framework of federal legislation, holders of a Chernobyl certificate are granted the privileges described in the table below.

For information: each region includes in its social program its own benefits for victims of radiation.

Preferential payments

The above law plans measures of monetary support for Chernobyl victims in certain situations. The complete list is given in the table:

Privileges for children of Chernobyl victims and other relatives

Due to the peculiarities of the impact of radiation on human reproductive function, support is provided to children whose parents suffered from the disaster.

Indexation of Chernobyl pensions

When applying for a pension for persons permanently living in the Chernobyl zone, a fixed amount is taken as a basis. Payments upon reaching retirement age are assigned in double the amount of the social pension established in the country. In 2020 its all-Russian size is 9,276 rubles. , and the amount of social benefits for the loss of a breadwinner is 5,283.84 rubles.

Attention! Due to recent changes in legislation, the legal information in this article may be out of date!

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Legislative support

Each benefit is regulated by a specific document. When applying for a preference, you should familiarize yourself with the main provisions of the laws on the selected issue.

Tax relief

In 2020, disabled Chernobyl victims receive benefits for:

1. Transport tax. This privilege is established by regional authorities. It applies mainly to one vehicle. In addition, some types of vehicles do not receive a discount.
2. Land tax. The benefit is equal to 10,000 rubles, which are deducted from the taxable amount. a mandatory condition is the right of private ownership of the site, indefinite or lifelong use.
3. Property tax. Unlike previous years, when disabled Chernobyl victims had the right not to pay tax on all property, in 2020 only one property of their choice is exempt.
4. Personal income tax. Standard relaxations according to Art. 218 Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

Important! Benefits are provided based on only one criterion.

Zone classification

Depending on the radius of the territory of radiation exposure in which the citizen was located at the time of the accident, his status as a beneficiary is determined . This is due to the fact that as you move away from the reactor, the irradiation strength decreases. Those citizens who were in close proximity received the maximum radiation dose. If, as a result of injuries sustained to the body, a category of disability is assigned, then these persons have a privileged position. The legislation marks and approves 4 zones, defined by Art. 7 of Law No. 1244-1 of May 15, 1991

Important! Residents of any of the zones can count on compensation for damage caused.

Benefits are provided on the basis of the provisions of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and other legislative acts. Additional preferences are offered by local regional authorities of the districts in which disabled Chernobyl victims currently live.