Estonia submits to Russia a note for unpaid pensions / day

The Estonian Foreign Ministry’s press service told BNS that the note said that Russia had not fulfilled its obligations under the Estonian -Russian cooperation agreement in providing pensions, and therefore about 4,000 people living in Estonia who receive pensions from Russia did not receive them in the first quarter of this year.

The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Russian Embassy to explain the reasons for non -payment of pensions, as well as to inform what measures are taken to solve the problem. It also asked for the planned payment date. A spokesman for the ministry has confirmed a spokesman for the Russian Embassy that Estonia is not hesitant to transfer pension money to Estonian banks.

Russian retirees living in Estonia, who have serious material difficulties due to retirement payments, can be addressed for social assistance in the local government.

In Estonia, Russian pensions receive about 4,000 people. Most of them also receive an Estonian pension, but about 230 people only receive a Russian pension.

It has already been reported that Russian pensioners living in Latvia did not receive pensions from Russia in the first quarter.