The families of all military personnel killed in 2014 will receive 5 million rubles - a promise from the Russian Ministry of Defense
Moscow - Kyiv, March 20 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Representatives of the Ministry of Defense promised members of the Presidential Human Rights Council that all military personnel who died last year would be given the status of “died on duty,” which implies compensation of 5 million rubles. family of a military man. Human rights activists also plan to discuss the failure to initiate criminal cases into the death of military personnel, they report "Vedomosti".
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In the second half of May, a joint meeting of the Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) and the Public Council of the Ministry of Defense will be held with the participation of the leadership of the Ministry of Defense. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is planned to participate in the meeting. The topic of the meeting will be “Protection of the social rights of military personnel and members of their families,” says HRC Chairman Mikhail Fedotov.
The meeting had been planned for more than a year, says Sergei Krivenko, Chairman of the HRC Standing Committee on Civil-Military Relations. The issue of housing provision for military personnel will be raised, as well as payments to the families of deceased military personnel, the human rights activist says, since representatives of the Ministry of Defense promised that all military personnel who died last year would be given the status of “died on duty,” which implies compensation of 5 million rubles. family of a military man.
The Ministry of Defense has always maintained that there are no Russian military personnel in Ukraine, says Krivenko, and that deaths occur at training grounds: “We are trying to clarify this situation: many military personnel refuse to go there and then end up dismissed for other reasons.”
According to a source close to the Ministry of Defense, this meeting will most likely take place, but its date has not yet been determined.
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