The Union of Pensioners of Russia appreciated the idea of paying a New Year’s pension: Society: Russia: Lenta.ru
New Year’s Eve payments are a good gift for pensioners, but the required amount is embarrassing – 786.2 billion rubles. So the idea of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs was assessed by the chairman of the Union of Pensioners of Russia (URP) and Senator Valery Ryazansky. His words leads News.ru.
“The amount confuses me – 786.2 billion rubles. Where to get this money? “- Ryazansky. In his opinion, the country’s reserves can become a tool for financing such payments, but for this, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ryazansky that older people need to transfer the same amount or the average pension of each.
“Causes [инициативы комитета Госдумы] – inflation has eaten away the lens almost all the difference that we once paid extra to pensioners, ”summed up the chairman of the Union of Pensioners.
Earlier it was reported that the State Duma developed an initiative to pay the New Year’s pension to Russians annually. The explanatory note to the bill says that inflation this year could reach nine percent, which will affect the income of pensioners. The leader of A Just Russia – For the Truth, Sergei Mironov, said that thanks to such payments, elderly Russians “will not have to go into debt on loans to buy gifts.”