On the Inclusion of Periods of Military Service in the Territory of the Latvian and Estonian SSRs in the Qualifying Period for Pension Assignment

On April 15, 2024, the President of the Republic of Belarus issued Decree No. 149 "On social support for certain categories of citizens".

The Decree provides citizens permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus with the right to credit periods of military service until January 1, 1992 served on the territories of the Latvian SSR and the Estonian SSR towards their total length of service for the purpose of awarding a pension in the Republic of Belarus. Credit towards length of service is granted in cases where such periods of military service were not accounted for when awarding a pension in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia.

The adoption of the Decree enables citizens to fully exercise pension rights acquired during military service in the USSR and to increase the pension amount taking into account the period of military service.

Citizens who have periods of military service in the Latvian and Estonian SSRs prior to 1992 that were not credited towards length of service must submit an application for pension recalculation to the labor, employment, and social protection authority (at the place of pension assignment) at the address: 8 Kommunisticheskaya St., Miory.

As provided by the Decree, the pension recalculation due to the additional inclusion of military service periods in length of service will be carried out from the first day of the month following the month of application submission.