postal workers with guns -- pension payments

[Sara Stefani]

I asked a friend of mine who is from Dagestan and whose father is a
pensioner. According to him, there they don't get anything through the
mail because, as he says, "you can't trust the Dagestanian post
system." So his father still gets his pension in cash from someone who
comes and distributes it.

I'm pretty much opposed to firearms, but if I were a postal employee
carrying large amounts of cash through the streets of Makhachkala to
distribute to pensioners every month, I might consider carrying a gun
too. Or at least getting a German shepherd.

Sara S.

Quoting "Glushchenko, Alexei A." <Alexei.A.Glushchenko at PLC-OIL.RU>:

> > 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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