in the Kremlin commented on the issue of indexing pensions of working retirees. This was told by the press secretary of the President Dmitry Sadkov, his words leads TASS.
He said that at present, the position is being worked out, but there is no single opinion on this bill. “There is not yet formulated a single position on this score,” he emphasized. On the question of whether it is possible that the presidential reference on indexing pension was not performed by the sands replied: “No, it is impossible. It is fulfilled, the issue of study is a very difficult question.”
Indexing pensions to working retirees has been canceled in 2016. In September, the government issued a negative conclusion on the draft law of deputies from the LDPR and Senator Sergey Leonov on the indexation of pensions to working retirees. The authorities noted that indexation will require additional costs, but in justification to the document does not specify a source of financing initiative.
At the same time, Russian pensioners promised to compensate for too high prices. As the head of the Ministry of Labor Anton Kotyakov said, the department is now working out proposals for additional compensation for high inflation. The adopted budget provides for the indexation of pensions by 5.9 percent, but at the end of the year inflation will be somewhat higher.