Medvedev, Putin, for these heroes, you need do more than keep promises, you need exceed expectation. This is one case, that needs be more than our usual pragmatic way. This case deserves emotion, this case deserves urgency, this isn't a problem to solve, it is a wrong to set right. Yes there are always practical timelines, but let's solve them at the fastest pace possible, let's push the envelope, let's show these heroes, the rest of Russia and the rest of the world, that we will pull out all the stops, to do the right thing in a social context. We did it to put a man in space, let's show modern Russia takes social issues with as much commitment, pride and haste. Because that is what we need to do, to move forward as a people. We owe these people everything, we must deliver and all be proud to deliver, not a bare return, but with thumping interest. For thank you will never be enough!

Thank you RT for bring this important but sad story to the public's attention. It is true that Russia had suffered a catastrophic economic and social crises after the collapse of the Soviet regime – which affected pensioners and the poor the hardestt-but today the nation is thriving. There is no excuse why the heroes of WWII cannot end their remaining days in reasonably decent living conditions. How can Russia remain to uphold historic role and the memories of the heroic deeds of winning WWII by the Red Army in good faith if Red Army soldiers who are still living are not respected? What lesson this contradiction sends to future generations?

Old warriers are often forgotten in many countries because they are no longer physically able to perform the great deeds they accomplished while young. Many veterans are destitute and homeless.