This was reported to TASS at the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Khujand.

Varlamov visited seven veterans and presented them with flowers.

Earlier, State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov proposed to double the amount of all cash payments for war veterans, blockade survivors and other persons who contributed to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. 

Olga Zanko, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Associations, commented on Milonov's proposal in an interview with RT.