Chepurnoy, A.G. State policy on social protection of the disabled veterans of military operations in the Russian Federation: criteria of correlation of international and national law.

Abstract: Disabled veterans are among the most socially vulnerable categories of people in Russia. In the early 2004 their number was approximately 43 000 people. The level of moral well-being and social protection of veterans greatly influences moral and psychological state and combativity of the acting military personnel. This article by the Chairman of the All-Russian Social Organization of the Afghanistan War Veterans A.G. Chepurnoy is devoted to the topical issues of formation and realization of the state policy on social protection of the disabled veterans, correlation of this policy with the international standards.