The press service of the Russian government reported, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the introduction to the State Duma a bill on changes to the pension system.
The bill proposes a gradual increase in the age of, at which will be appointed by the insurance old-age pension, including early. The document implies, that will begin in the transitional period 2019 year and reached a certain document in retirement age 65 years 2028 year - for men and 63 year 2034 year - for women.
Previously, the bill was approved by Cabinet and discussed at a meeting of the tripartite commission on regulation of social and labor relations, which includes representatives of employers, trade unions and government.
Earlier, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin told, that the lower house will not rush with the adoption of a bill to raise the retirement age in Russia, but first send the document to the regions for feedback and will invite experts to discuss the initiative. While it scheduled consideration of the bill the lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament and the adoption of the final reading before the end of this year. This bill is not the final version before the final version may be made some changes in the law. Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said, that raising the retirement age should be very gradual and may take 10 years.
Currently, the standard retirement age in Russia is 60 years for men and 55 years for women. The retirement age established back in the 1930s,. The need to raise the threshold of retirement is due to grown life expectancy and the inability to provide a decent retirement in a, when the number of employees in the country decreases, and the number of pensioners, in front of, increases.
