Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has said that pensions in the Lugansk People’s Republic and the other new regions will be granted according to Russian regulations beginning from March 1, TASS reported.   This norm is spelled out in the draft law on retirement benefits in the new territories, Mishustin said at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.   “Pensions and supplements will be indexed in the new regions as elsewhere in the country,” he said in comments on the government-proposed legislation. “The quality of life directly depends on timely fulfilment of such obligations.”   Under the draft law on pensions and supplements in the new Russian regions, their residents can apply for pensions from March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024.   The Lugansk People’s Republic, Donetsk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referenda.*i*v