The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has signed a law equating residents of besieged Stalingrad with veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The corresponding document is published on the official legal information portal.
The text of the explanatory note to the document indicates that the draft law provides for the establishment of legal guarantees of social protection for persons awarded the sign “Inhabitant of Stalingrad under siege” as well as the status of war veterans.
Earlier, the lower house of the Russian legislature passed a law equating residents of beleaguered Stalingrad with the status of World War II veterans. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced last month that residents of the city would receive a number of social guarantees.
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