Benefits and payments to veterans of military operations in Chechnya in 2020

Who is a participant in the fighting in Chechnya

The status of participant in hostilities is assigned to both demobilized conscripts and contract soldiers and officers. In particular, the current legislation determines that participants in hostilities in the Chechen Republic include:

• soldiers and officers who served in fixed-term and permanent service in Chechnya;
• persons who participated in armed conflicts on the border with the Chechen Republic;
• military personnel sent to Chechnya to perform combat missions;
• civil servants sent to Chechnya during the war;
• military personnel sent to military units to perform certain duties.

Certificate

The certificate is the main document confirming the status of a veteran of military operations in Chechnya.
That is why you must obtain this document before applying for benefits or payments. According to the Law “On Veterans”, the following can receive it:

• military personnel sent to the Chechen Republic to perform tasks in conditions of armed conflict in the Chechen Republic and in the adjacent territories of the Russian Federation, classified as an armed conflict zone from December 1994 to December 1996;
• military personnel sent to perform tasks during the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus region since August 1999.

Participants in combat operations on the territory of Chechnya can receive the status of Combat Veteran or Military Service Veteran, depending on their compliance with certain criteria, or choose the most “beneficial” one for them. The most extensive list of benefits is expected for combat veterans.

Legislation

Features of social and other security for UBD are regulated by the Federal Law of February 12, 1995 No. -FZ. According to Art. 16, citizens who have received this status can use medical, tax, pension and other types of assistance from the state.

Also, current legislation gives regional authorities the right to establish separate benefits for veterans and combatants. This is done by issuing relevant regulations.

Important! By law, all benefits are provided to citizens at their place of residence. If a beneficiary fought in the Chechen Republic, but subsequently returned home to another region, the privileges should be registered there. If a citizen participated in hostilities in the Chechen Republic and lives there at the time of receiving a veteran’s certificate, one should focus on local legislation.

Law of Moscow dated November 3, 2004 N 70 “On measures of social support for certain categories of residents of the city of Moscow”

Regional Law of the Leningrad Region dated November 22, 2002 N 51-oz “On Transport Tax”

Law of the Saratov Region of September 23, 2015 “On establishing the procedure and conditions for compensation of expenses for payment of housing and utilities for certain categories of citizens living in the Saratov Region”

Regulatory framework and latest changes for 2020

The procedure for payments and the determination of persons covered by the program are regulated by Art. 3 Federal Law No. 5 “On Veterans”. This document contains the most complete list of conditions under which a person is entitled to receive the status of a combat veteran.

Potential applicants include military personnel and employees of the Russian Ministry of Defense, sent by the government to hot spots to participate in hostilities or perform special tasks, in accordance with their type of activity both in the country and abroad. In the corresponding annex to the law you can see a complete list of states, regions, cities and dates of military operations that fall under its scope.

Benefits for real estate taxes

Veterans of military operations in Chechnya are provided with preferential conditions for paying real estate taxes, and this is regulated by Part 11 of Article 407 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

Article 407. Tax benefits

At the same time, regional authorities are given the right to set benefit rates, modify and cancel them.

According to generally accepted practice, veterans are completely exempt from property taxes, subject to limitations set by law. Thus, the preferential preference applies only to one unit of real estate owned by a veteran as personal property. Thus, if a veteran owns two apartments, three garages and one house, then he will use the benefit for one apartment and one garage. He can only choose which of the properties to define as preferential. Of course, the most economically advantageous would be to qualify real estate with a larger area and a higher cadastral value for benefits.

Important! Preferential taxation does not apply to real estate worth 10 million rubles or more.

Tax breaks are also provided for plots of land that are the property of military veterans. Part 5 of Article 391 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation provides participants in the Chechen wars with a tax deduction on the scale of 6 acres of land at their cadastral value. That is, owning a plot of 12 acres, a veteran will pay taxes on only 6 of them. Part 5 of Article 391 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

How to obtain the status of a combat participant?

To obtain status, you must register with the military registration and enlistment office at your place of residence. In order to start the procedure for obtaining status, you need to prepare documents such as:

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• military ID;
• official papers confirming the presence of injuries during service in Chechnya;
• documents for awards received for military service in the Chechen Republic;
• flight book (for Air Force personnel);
• an extract from documents confirming rank and appointment to a military position;
• a certificate from the archive confirming the serviceman’s participation in battles (if necessary).

The military registration and enlistment office may request the personal file of a serviceman from the unit where he served or rely on documents that are at its disposal. It is usually more difficult for a former conscript to confirm his status than for a career military man.

Regarding the assignment of status, a meeting of a special central commission of the military district is scheduled. The decision must be made within 30 days from the date of filing of documents. If it is positive, then the applicant is issued a combat participant ID. After this, you can begin processing benefits and payments.

Legislative regulation of benefits for veterans of the Chechen wars

Unfortunately, the unprofessional information field of the Runet is filled with information about some non-existent legislative acts regulating benefits for veterans. The latest disinformation concerns another law, which was called the federal law adopted in 2020 “On benefits for combatants.” Such informational articles are written by people far from jurisprudence and illustrate the eternal truth of I. Krylov “It’s a disaster if a shoemaker starts making boots.” It is impossible to filter out this information, so we can only advise you to double-check the data in different sources. You should know that the main legislative act defining the types of benefits for participants in the Chechen wars is the Law of the Russian Federation “On Veterans”.

In addition, subsidies for veterans are defined:

Subventions for veterans

By-laws regulating legal relations related to the provision of benefits also include:

1. Decrees of the President of the Russian Federation.
2. Reviews of judicial practice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
3. Resolutions of regional government structures.

Pension for combatants in Chechnya

Participants in combat operations are not entitled to a separate pension. A citizen can apply for one of the types of pensions provided for by law as soon as he becomes entitled to it. Pensions are:

• by length of service of military personnel;
• on disability of military personnel;
• old age insurance;
• social;
• for loss of a breadwinner (for family members of a combatant).

To apply, depending on the type of pension, you need to contact the military commissariat or the Pension Fund (PFR) at your place of residence. Documents are reviewed within 10 days. The pension and all required additional payments are assigned from the moment the right to payments is obtained.

The size of the pension depends on various factors:

• duration of service;
• the type of pension provision itself;

• military rank and position;
• region of residence of the pensioner;
• presence of government awards;
• disability groups.

In 2020, the minimum pension for a combat participant is 11,220 rubles. This amount is calculated from the minimum social security and mandatory social payments. By virtue of Article 45 of Federal Law No. 4468-I of February 12, 1993, combatants are entitled to a pension supplement in the amount of 32% of the fixed part of the social pension. In 2020, this premium will be:

5034.25 x 32% = 1610.96 rubles

For those pensioners who permanently reside in the Far North and equivalent regions, increasing coefficients are applied to their pensions.

The right to a long-service pension is granted to citizens who:

• the duration of mixed service is at least 25 years, of which at least 12.5 years are in military service;
• the total length of service is at least 20 years.

A serviceman who was wounded or concussed during military operations, which resulted in disability, is entitled to a disability pension. Its size depends on the disability group:

• Group I – 3137.60 rubles;
• Group II – 2240.70 rubles;
• Group III – 1793.70 rubles.

All pension payments are subject to annual indexation. In 2019, such indexation will be:

• 7.05% for old-age insurance pensions (from January 1, 2019);
• 2.4% for benefits and social payments (from February 1, 2019);
• 6.3% for military pensions (from 1 October 2020).

Benefits for participants in combat operations in Chechnya

Those who have a certificate of combat participation are entitled not only to an increased pension, but also to various benefits. In particular, veterans of the Chechen campaign are entitled to receive:

• tax benefits in the form of a reduction in land and real estate taxes and complete exemption from transport tax for one vehicle, regardless of its capacity;
• additional paid leave lasting 15 days (if the person is working);
• additional unpaid leave of up to 35 days;
• social package of services;
• free land plot for individual residential construction;
• free travel on public transport in any city in Russia;
• 50% discounts when paying for housing maintenance and utilities;
• extraordinary installation of a landline telephone;
• free dental prosthetics;
• free training in educational institutions and advanced training courses;
• entry out of turn into gardening partnerships and building cooperatives;
• free visit to a health resort or health resort once a year;
• free travel to the place of treatment if you have a referral from the attending physician;
• purchasing vouchers for sanatorium-resort treatment with discounts of up to 70%.
• the right to priority placement of a child in kindergarten;
• the right to receive medical care in military clinics and hospitals.

The procedure for obtaining preferential status, the specifics of early retirement, the list of benefits and other social support measures are regulated by Federal Law No. 5-FZ of January 12, 1995 and Federal Law No. 400-FZ of December 28, 2013.

EDV for veterans of Chechnya

Participants in combat operations have the right to assign and receive monthly cash payments (MCP) in the amount of 2869.72 rubles. To register, you must contact the territorial branch of the Pension Fund and provide:

• statement;
• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• ID card of a participant in hostilities;
• SNILS;
• bank account details for transfer.

In fact, this is monetary compensation for the veteran’s set of social services:

• for medical supplies – 811 rubles;
• for sanatorium-resort treatment – ​​125 rubles;
• for free travel – 116 rubles.

Providing housing at the expense of the state

Veterans of Chechen campaigns are provided with one-time payments for the purchase or construction of housing. In addition, many regions have regional benefits, including a 50% discount (or rather, reimbursement of costs from the regional budget) on rental housing, contributions for major repairs and payment for housing and communal services. At the same time, the amount of additional payments for war invalids will be higher.

The monthly allowance of military personnel is not subject to personal income tax, but other income is subject to a standard deduction in the amount of 500 rubles. Veterans are also exempt from paying state fees when appealing to the Supreme Court if the claim is within the framework of the law on veterans. Some regions also have benefits for paying transport taxes.

Getting housing

Obtaining ownership of residential premises or funds for its acquisition is carried out in the manner established at the federal level.

In this case, the citizen must be recognized as needy .

The established area norm is 18 square meters. It is possible to purchase housing of a larger size, but the federal budget will pay only as much as is required according to the norms of the Ministry of Construction, taking into account the average market value of a square meter of housing in a particular region.

To obtain housing, you must contact the Administration at your place of residence with a package of documents. If a veteran of Chechnya is not recognized as needy, then the placement will not be carried out, and housing or funds will not be allocated for him.

Obtaining a land plot

The legislation provides for the receipt of a garden or vegetable plot of land from the land fund of the region. The allocation of a plot occurs on a first-come, first-served basis and there cannot be any replacement for cash.

To obtain land, you must contact the Administration at your place of residence.

Cash payments

The VBD of Chechnya is entitled to monthly payments, the amount of which depends on what services from the NCU (set of social services) the citizen used. The cost of each individual service is deducted from the monthly benefit, while the citizen is allowed to refuse benefits in whole or in part and receive benefits in cash. To do this, you need to send a corresponding application to the Pension Fund.

The total benefit amount is indexed annually. In 2020, payments will be indexed by approximately three percent. After last year’s increase in benefits by 2.5%, the amount of one-time payments for combat veterans is equal to 2,850 rubles. per month. It is important to understand that we are talking specifically about those direct payments that a veteran is entitled to receive if he refuses other social preferences.

The table shows the projected amounts of UD after indexation, which should take place in April 2020:

Targeted loan

In a number of regions, loans are provided on favorable and preferential terms, according to which a veteran of Chechnya can receive funds for the construction or purchase of housing.

Such loan offers are an initiative of banks; there are currently no government programs to subsidize mortgage rates. Therefore, to clarify the details, you need to contact a specific bank.

In addition, if a combat veteran participated in the savings mortgage system program, he may qualify to receive funds to improve his living conditions with the support of the military mortgage system.

Not all banks cooperate with such a state program, among them we can note: Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Otkritie Bank, etc.

Medicine

Another type of benefit for military veterans is the provision of free emergency care in public medical institutions to which the beneficiary is assigned on a territorial basis, preferential medications, referrals to medical institutions, free prosthetics and orthopedic products (with the exception of dentures).

If a beneficiary purchased a prosthesis at his own expense, the state reimburses the costs. However, a veteran can only count on receiving them after retirement.

The advantages of the benefits are that district hospitals and clinics do not have the right to refuse medical support to a person, even out of turn. In addition, a veteran can see a doctor without an appointment.

Transport benefits

Like housing and communal benefits, transport benefits are determined at the level of the municipal administration, and not at the federal level. For example, in the Moscow region, veterans are entitled to free travel on any type of municipal transport, with the exception of taxis.

Benefits for housing and communal services for combat veterans

To reduce the financial burden on veterans of military operations in Chechnya, benefits are provided for paying for housing and communal services:

• 50% discount on major repairs;
• discount on housing and communal services or provision of compensation;
• compensation for payment of the cost of solid fuel for citizens who live in rural areas and in a non-gasified home;
• discount on gasification at home.

It is worth noting that the costs of providing these benefits are borne by the municipality. This means that you need to contact employees of the social benefits department before receiving the required preferences. However, in some areas, some benefits are not valid on the basis of internal legal acts. We are talking about their suspension due to the difficult economic situation of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation. Such a moratorium is legal and valid for a limited period.

Social benefits for veterans

There are quite a lot of social benefits for citizens who participated in hostilities. It is worth considering the main ones.

1. Obtaining social housing or land. To do this, it is necessary to prove that the citizen really needs improved living conditions. To do this, he needs to register with employees of the housing department of the district administration. The list of documents to officially become in need of housing differs depending on the region, so it is worth checking it by phone. It is worth noting that if you intend to build an individual house, you can refuse a municipal apartment in favor of land. This must be indicated when writing the application.
2. Provision of prosthetics (except dental ones) at the expense of the municipality under the compulsory medical insurance program. To do this, you need to get on the waiting list at the hospital at your place of registration or actual residence.
3. Receiving vouchers for free for sanatorium-resort treatment. They are issued by the attending physician. However, they are allocated by the social benefits department. Therefore, it is necessary to control when the issuance of vouchers begins in order to have the opportunity to relax and improve your health.
4. Pension supplements, free travel, medications necessary to maintain vitality, free of charge.

Veteran of the Chechen War at a doctor's appointment

Table 2. Amount of social benefits for veterans of the Chechen war

BenefitAmount (RUB)

Important! The veteran also receives the right to join non-profit associations without a waiting list, his children receive places in kindergartens or schools without a waiting list, and he also claims an increased tax deduction.

It is also possible to get a loan to purchase a home at a minimum rate. But to do this, you must be recognized as in need of new housing due to non-compliance with the current SanPiN standards. Buying real estate is only allowed in new buildings. However, there are many restrictions when choosing a property. You can obtain detailed information about the features of such lending from bank employees during the initial consultation for obtaining a mortgage.

Tax benefits for veterans of the Chechen war

There are various tax benefits for combat veterans. The main ones are the following:

1. Cancellation of transport tax. This measure applies only to one vehicle, the total cost of which, when purchasing a basic configuration, does not exceed 3 million rubles. There are also additional requirements for transport power, but they are different in each region. It is usually necessary for the vehicle to have an engine of less than 150 hp.
2. Cancellation of land tax. If a citizen has a plot of land, then he does not need to pay for it. However, there are also restrictions on its maximum area. It is regulated by regional legal acts.
3. Cancellation of property tax. This is also true for one property. This measure was taken to prevent relatives from transferring property to the veteran to reduce the tax base. If there are several apartments, houses or other taxable property, then the citizen himself must choose in relation to which the exemption will apply.

Preferences are issued through the Federal Tax Service office at the place of registration. You must provide the appropriate documents to qualify for the benefit. It is recommended to immediately obtain access to the taxpayer’s personal account if it does not exist. This will save time on clarifying whether all steps to obtain the benefit have been completed or whether the tax will continue to be sent to the veteran’s name.

Reimbursement of funeral expenses

In the event of the death of a VBD, the state assumes all expenses for the funeral of this citizen, and if relatives or other persons have already paid for the burial, then the state will compensate for the costs incurred.

Labor benefits for combat veterans

According to the provisions of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, combat veterans receive a number of preferences at work:

1. The right to increased leave. The number of additional days is determined based on the position held. You can also receive an additional 10 administrative days.
2. Taking time off when it's convenient without giving a reason. If an employee needs to take a vacation in June, for example, then the employer cannot refuse him this (an exception is if the activity of the company itself depends on the work of the specialist, and there is no one to replace him during the specified period).
3. Shortened working hours if a veteran is injured and declared disabled.
4. It is impossible to lay off or fire a disabled veteran at his own request unless there are compelling reasons for this. You are also required to pay severance pay if you are laid off.

Extract from Federal Law-5 dated January 12, 1995 (Article 16)

If an employee’s rights are violated, you can contact employees of the State Tax Inspectorate or the prosecutor’s office to conduct a comprehensive inspection. However, you should first try to resolve the conflict situation with the employer yourself. This will help maintain good relations and place.

Pension provision and NSO

By virtue of the provisions of the Federal Law “On pension provision for persons who served in military service... and their families,” veterans of military operations in Chechnya have the right to special pension provision, the costs of which are included in the federal budget. The bonus for veterans is up to 32%. To calculate a pension, a veteran should contact the local pension fund.

The state budget of the Russian Federation for 2020 includes expenses for providing a set of social services (NSS) to veterans in the amount of 900 rubles per month. At the same time, a huge number of veterans do not have the slightest idea about this money and do not apply for the NSU, which includes 760 rubles for the purchase of medicines, 120 rubles. for spa treatment and 110 rubles for free travel. And even more so, they do not know that for non-use of the package of social services they have the opportunity to qualify for the issuance of their cash equivalent.

Thus, the veteran has the right to submit an appropriate application to the Pension Fund at the place of residence and demand payment of 900 rubles for unused social services. Of course, in this case the right to free social services is withdrawn, and the amount is added to the amounts of monthly cash payments. In this case, the veteran decides for himself what he needs most.

Application for refusal to receive a set of social services

Other government guarantees

Among other things, federal legislation guarantees citizens who are veterans of military operations in Chechnya a number of benefits and rights:

• receiving leave at any time of the year, if we are talking about paid annual leave;
• additional rest at your own expense upon request, totaling 35 days per year;
• advantage when joining housing, housing construction, and garage cooperatives.

For example, a veteran of the Chechen BD decided to join a dacha cooperative, which has its own charter and rules. In this case, entry is carried out outside the existing queue upon presentation of an ID.

Family support

In the event of the death of a serviceman who served in a “hot spot,” his immediate relatives are entitled to payment of cash benefits and a similar set of benefits that he would have been entitled to as a veteran. To receive benefits and allowances, it will be necessary for relatives to be recognized as dependent and having lost the family breadwinner.

It is important to remember that the widow of a deceased serviceman has the right to receive benefits and payments only before entering into a new marriage. After marriage, she automatically loses her dependent status and the right to receive related benefits. The ex-wife of the deceased must inform the territorial authorities of social protection of the population of the Russian Federation about a change in her status. Otherwise, when the fact of a change in status is disclosed, the family will still have to return the money received after losing the right to receive benefits and compensation.

Minor children and full-time students under the age of 23 are automatically recognized as dependents and have the right to purchase a full set of benefits, including vouchers to health camps in the summer with a 50% discount.