According to Russian MP Nikolai Arefiev, the Russian Federation, despite being the “richest state”, “lags humiliatingly behind” other countries.
For the first time in a long time, the State Duma of the Russian Federation talked about the difficult situation of Russian pensioners who are barely surviving in the face of large-scale price increases and low pensions. According to The Moscow Times, payments to retirees are several times behind Europeans.
Russians’ pensions were called “disaster” and “humiliation”, according to journalists. Nikolai Arefiev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that pensions lag several times behind payments in Europe and the USA: “It is catastrophically low… Unfortunately, our pensions lag five to six times behind the pensions of European countries About rich countries such as Norway USA I’m not even counting ‘
According to him, the Russian Federation, despite being the “richest state”, “lags humiliatingly behind” other countries. For example, in France the average pension is about 1,400 euros, in Russia it is about 140 euros.
Arefiev believes that it is impossible to live on 16,000 rubles (6,354 UAH) of the average pension. At the same time, the politician did not propose any measures to correct the situation. It will probably be harder for future generations in Russia.
Pension for Ukrainians working in the Russian Federation
Following the large-scale occupation of the Russian Federation, the flow of documents and contacts between Ukrainian and Russian state institutions was almost stopped. Therefore, it has become impossible to confirm the length of work experience and amount of earnings of those who work in Russia and want to retire in Ukraine.
Ukrainians who now live in the Russian Federation or occupied territories and later move to territories controlled by Ukraine must obtain confirmation from the Russian Pension Fund that the aggressor country does not pay them pensions. This is required by current legislation.
Let’s remember, on September 13, he received the news that the Russian Federation spent the pensions of 500 thousand Russians on attacks against Ukraine. StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine calculated that Russia spent up to one hundred million dollars on Iranian drones that attacked Ukrainian territory during this time.
Source: Focus
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