Who and why Russia will not affect pension reform

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Кого и почему в России не коснется пенсионная реформа

Thursday, July 19, the state Duma has approved in the first reading of a bill to gradually raise the retirement age in Russia. It is assumed that by 2028 men will retire at 65 years, and women, beginning in 2034, in 63 (now it is 60 and 55 years respectively). The announced changes have already sparked a wave of protests across the country 12 regions did not openly support reform.

Early retirement – a legacy of the Soviet era

However, in the current version of the bill raising the retirement age will affect not all. For example, it does not threaten those who have so-called soft professions – they can retire early. The list of such professions is legislated in two of the list (among themselves differ in the degree of adverse impact on the employee). This, for example, miners, geologists, civil aviation pilots and the drivers of trolleybuses.

“The whole system of early retirement – a legacy of the Soviet planned economy. It can help to attract people to work in regions with labour shortages or in some industry. Today it is a very small category of several tens of thousands of people”, – says Yuri Gorlin, Deputy Director of the Institute for social analysis and forecasting, Russian presidential Academy of national economy and state service under the President of the Russian Federation (Ranepa). According to him, the institution of early pensions should be gradually, over the decades, lifted. This should happen simultaneously with the improvement of working conditions.

Will not affect reform and those who take early retirement for social reasons. This, for example, “Chernobyl”, the visually handicapped, midgets and the women who raised five or more children. At the General level of ordinary pensions is not affected: early pensions are paid not from the pension Fund. Early retirement the government is financed by transfers from the budget.

The struggle for the electorate: benefits for teachers and doctors

To retire on preferential terms will still be able doctors and teachers. They also increased the age of retirement and increased years of service, but more slowly than all other categories of citizens. “This is the social stratum whose shared voting power counting indicates Moscow political analyst Ekaterina Shulman. Teachers and doctors are sitting in the electoral commissions and quite often become municipal and regional deputies. To completely exclude them from the process of raising the retirement age can not, but to hurt them once the government fears”.

According to the Union of MPRO “Teacher” raising the retirement age for teachers means another attack on labour rights. The Union openly against the General increase of the retirement age, and against the delay, which is supposed to be for early, superannuation, retirement of teachers.

“Now most of the teachers very much hope that after 25 years they could become retirees. This is one of the three current benefits in addition to the long vacation and the so-called irregular part-time. It’s a little compensate us for hard work for little money,” says the co – Chairman of the Union Vsevolod lukhovitsk. According to him, many teachers, and so continue to work in schools after retirement. But these pension funds give the teacher some sort of guarantee and freedom in dealing with the employer.

Pension for loyalty: FSB, EMERCOM, Ministry of defense

A separate category of citizens, which not only preserved benefits, but which is not considered in the framework of the pension reform, law enforcement and military agencies. These include the defense Ministry, interior Ministry, FSB, FSO, Asgardia, the Federal penitentiary service, the emergencies Ministry and the Prosecutor’s office.

The exact size of pensions of employees of these structures is little known: they are given not through the means of the pension Fund. Typically, to receive these payments in 40-45 years. In addition, these individuals developed a system of benefits. For them, for example, retain the right to use the departmental clinics.

“The security forces, the last person will feel some reduction. They will be protected to the last, because it is the most close and native for the system of decision-making people,” said Mrs. Shulman. However, in her expression, the contrast which arises between the septuagenarian retired with the usual pension and enforcer, which is already in forty years will receive a pension with allowances, will inevitably lead to socio-political tensions.

“Of course, people who are at risk and limited rights for public purposes, have the right to expect some compensation from this state. Here the question of degree and contrast. If someone gets a humiliating penny, and someone very much, it is a different situation,” concludes Shulman.
 

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