YEREVAN. – Over 47,000 Armenian citizens have already received compensation for their lost contributions in Soviet ruble made before 1991 to Bank of Savings in the Soviet Union, deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artiom Asatryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. The first stage of compensations includes 62,000 families and will end in 2014. On average, 1,000-1,100 people receive compensations per month.

To note, the State budget-2012 has allocated $4.15 million for compensations.