Members of the Federation Council at a meeting on January 26 approved the law on the indexation of pensions in 2022 by 8.6%.
The decision was adopted unanimously, with 144 senators voting in favor.
On January 20, the State Duma unanimously adopted in the third, final reading an amendment on the indexation of pensions by 8.6%.
The corresponding order was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 12. Arguing for the need to index pensions above the level of inflation, the head of state pointed out that the decisions taken earlier would not be able to cover the expenses of pensioners due to rising prices.
The first deputy chairman of the State Duma, Alexander Zhukov, specified that, following the results of indexation, the average pension would be 18,984 rubles. At the same time, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko stressed that the indexation of pensions by 8.6% for non-working pensioners will be issued from January 1, 2022, regardless of when the relevant law is adopted.
Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy Elena Bibikova, in an interview with Izvestia, explained the procedure for calculating pensions after the adoption of this bill. So, if the law is adopted in January, already in February, Russian pensioners who received pensions indexed by 5.9% will be paid not only payments indexed by 8.6%, but also the resulting difference.
Source: IZ
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