The issue of increasing pensions of Russians above the level of inflation may begin to solve already at the beginning of 2022, the head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Yaroslav Nilov believes. He said “Lent.Ru.”
To adjust the amount of payments, the government will need to take a corresponding political decision. And the Ministry of Finance needs to find additional resources to increase pensions, the deputy stressed.
“I think that the dialogue will continue, considering the proms, who gave the president. It should be heard in the government, to find resources in the Ministry of Finance, and already at the beginning of the year to return to this issue, bring the legislation or launch a different mechanism for So that our pensioners began to receive pensions above the inflation rate, as it was laid by the constitutional norm, “said Nilov.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the press conference on the readiness of the government to raise pensions above the actual level of inflation.