If Ukraine considers the republic to be its territory, then its authorities should transfer pensions and social payments to its citizens living in Crimea. The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Opposition Bloc, Yuri Miroshnichenko, insists on this. "I would like to say that the inhabitants of Crimea are citizens of Ukraine. And now they are absolutely discriminated by the Ukrainian state in terms of social benefits and pensions.. No one can restrict a citizen in his rights, and Ukraine has cut off the Crimea and discriminated against those who cross the border from the Crimea and come here, "the politician said on the TV channel NewsOne. According to him, every Ukrainian should enjoy the full package of guarantees from the state, enshrined in the Constitution, regardless of place of residence. “Understanding that there is an aspect related to the fact that we cannot physically be present on the territory of Crimea, we have no right not to ensure the rights of our citizens ... Crimea is Ukraine and we should behave like (like) Ukraine.” - said Miroshnichenko. The theme of social payments to residents of the Crimea worries many in Ukraine.

In March of this year, the Minister for Social Policy of Nezalezhnaya Andrei Reva promised that the residents of the Crimea and the Donbas regions not controlled by Kiev would receive the payments due immediately after the territories returned to Ukraine.. He noted that the population will receive pensions for the entire period from the beginning of the termination of payments.

At the moment, in order to receive Ukrainian pensions and benefits, residents of the Crimea and Donbass need to move to Kiev-controlled part of Ukraine and apply for temporary migrant status. At the beginning of the year, pensions received about 530 thousand. immigrants. Some citizens manage to get two pensions. They draw fictitious documents in Ukraine stating that they live there on a permanent basis and receive a pension on a Ukrainian bank card. At the same time, they themselves constantly live in the Crimea or the unrecognized republics of Donbass and receive state support there as well..