postal workers with guns -- pension payments

[Glushchenko, Alexei A.]

> My question is really about the pensions themselves: if 
> you're a pensioner, what exactly comes in the mail?
> --- In 1997, pensions were still hand delivered in cash. 
> <...> Does anyone know if this is still the system?
===
There are several ways you can get you pension check (or, rather, pension cash). Here's how it works in my town:

Option 1: you can pick it up youself at the central post-office. The town is divided into several districts, and the residents of each district have several days during a month to get their pensions.

Option 2: you can write an application to have your pension delivered to your door. You will be expected to be home on certain days of the month (say, 9th through 11th), when the delivery may come. If you miss it, wait another month or go to Option one.

Option 3: you can open a special pension account at Sberbank and pick it up at your convenience at the nearest Sberbank branch office.

As far as I know, nothing ever comes in the mail.

Alexei G.

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