MOSCOW, 3 Mar — RIA Novosti. The Russian budget could save 21.5 billion rubles due to the improvement of the pension system. About this newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to the analytical note prepared by the National rating Agency (NRA).
It is emphasized that the effect of changes in pension legislation, obtained a year earlier than economists expected.
The document States that in the first nine months of last year the number of recipients of insurance pension was reduced by 401,3 thousand people, equivalent to 1.1 percent.