The expert warned the Russians about changes in the process of indexing pensions

Pension payments of citizens will increase at other times

Russian citizens will soon face changes in the process of accruing pension increases. Against the background of the proposed innovations, the timing of increasing pension payments will change in the near future, and very soon the indexation of pensions of Russians may not be carried out in January.

In conversation with PRIMPRESS pension expert Sergey Vlasov explained that the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has developed a new plan for indexing pensions for the coming years, which includes a number of changes. In particular, as the specialist noted, the innovations will affect the process of indexing the insurance pensions that most pensioners receive, and this will affect old-age, disability and survivor’s pensions.

Vlasov explained that the intention of the Ministry of Labor is to adjust the dates for raising insurance pensions in 2025. He recalled that such payments are indexed annually in January, which Russian pensioners have become accustomed to, but within two years it is planned to move away from this practice and start increasing them at another time.

However, according to the expert, in 2023 and 2024 the indexation of pensions is still scheduled for January, but already in 2025 it will be postponed to February and April. Vlasov clarified that from February 1, 2025, payments are proposed to be increased by 4%, and from April 1 – by 3.6%, that is, in two years, pensions will be indexed twice. The expert added that it is not yet known why the authorities have conceived such a change in the breakdown of indexation.

The specialist added that by 2025 the average pension should exceed 24,000 rubles, but only non-working pensioners will be able to count on an increase in pension payments.

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