U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler representative of the largest community of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the nation, introduced historic legislation designed to help restore payment of unpaid pensions to FSU immigrants, including Armenians, now living in the U.S. 

“For too long, thousands of FSU immigrants in my district and across the nation have been unfairly deprived of their hard-earned pensions,” Congressman said in a statement posted on his official website.

Nadler stressed that if a person works for decades and pays into a pension fund, he has the right to the payments that were promised, no matter where he lives. 

“My legislation would ensure that the U.S. government plays a direct role in our longstanding efforts to obtain hard-earned pensions for Russian-speaking immigrants,” Nadler said.

The statement says tens of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. are currently not being paid pensions due them from FSU states.