Pension offices in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) are turning away people who have reached retirement age, citing a lack of documents verifying their work history. This was reported by the "Eastern Human Rights Group" on Facebook.
"Russia is not paying pensions to local residents who have reached retirement age. Residents of the occupied territories cannot confirm their work history for pension eligibility. The russian occupation administrations are blocking pension payments to local residents, citing the inability to verify work history", - the statement says.
The reasons given vary, such as the closure of a mine or a change in ownership of a company, which now cannot verify the employment history.
"The reason for not paying pensions is russia's efforts to save financial resources for the occupied territories of Ukraine", - conclude the human rights activists.