The Cabinet of Ministers has extended until December 12 the deadline for submitting applications for the repayment of housing and utility payment arrears at the expense of depreciated monetary savings of citizens in institutions of the Savings Bank of the former USSR. \n \nAs Tetiana Patronik, head of the deposits and compensation payments department of the Volyn regional branch of "Oshchadbank," reported, as of today 41 thousand 133 checks have been issued in the region for these settlements totaling almost 19 million 866 thousand 537 hryvnias. Lutsk leads in this regard, where 15 thousand 186 checks were issued totaling almost 7 million 964 thousand. In Novovolynsk and Kovel, checks were issued totaling over 4 million 104 thousand and more than 2 million 174 thousand respectively. According to Ms. Patronik, recently there have been small queues, and she attributes this to the fact that the offset period was ending on November 15. However, in her opinion, with its extension to December 12, the queues will disappear. \n \nRecall that the 2005 state budget provides 6 billion hryvnias in budget funds for compensation to depositors of the former Savings Bank of the USSR by writing off their debts for electricity and heat, gas, solid fuel, water supply and rent. \n