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“Military-Industrial Courier” has long been raising the problem of increasing pensions for reserve and retired military personnel. Our weekly magazine keeps the situation under control, publishes analytical materials, makes appropriate requests to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the State Duma, and the Main Military Prosecutor's Office (the latter's response is entitled “The Law of Prerogative”). In 2017 alone, three materials were published on this topic. The last one is “Castration due to length of service” – October 11. It provides a comparative table of pensions in developed countries. Alas, Russia ranks last in this indicator.

The fact is that the state does not comply with the laws it has adopted, in particular “On pension provision for military personnel...” The annual pension increases of two percent plus the inflation rate established in accordance with this law are frozen. But there are privileged citizens who are allowed to accrue after retirement one hundred percent of their previous earnings, and not 54 percent, like other military personnel. We are talking about military prosecutors, investigators, judges and some other categories of officials, which certainly raises questions. People in uniform swore allegiance to one state, which for some reason rewards its defenders differently. Therefore, “VPK” intends to continue to keep the situation under control.

It is gratifying that the indexation of military pensions was scheduled for February 1, but it will be carried out a month earlier. By order of the president, it will take place simultaneously with the recalculation of pensions for other categories of citizens. “I think we need to do it as before: synchronously from January 1, index the pensions of military pensioners and persons equivalent to them,” the head of state emphasized. “Budget revenues allow this.” Equal persons, the president reminded members of the government, include employees of internal affairs bodies, the National Guard, the fire department and other law enforcement agencies. Indexation of military pensions will affect about 2.6 million people.

It is interesting that some time ago the Ministry of Defense, as the Military-Industrial Courier learned, approached the government and the Ministry of Finance with a proposal to increase pay and, accordingly, military pensions. But the head of the financial department, Anton Siluanov, responded traditionally: “There is no money.” It turns out there is. After the president’s instructions, Siluanov took the lead, admitting that the means were there and would be carried out.

It remains to be added that from January 1, 2018, pensions will be indexed by 3.7 percent. Unfortunately, this does not cover inflation, which has recently averaged about six percent. And its real level at the end of 2017 is estimated by a number of economists at 10 percent. It is still unknown what indexation will be for military pensioners. The VPK will report specific figures (depending on the categories of recipients) as soon as the Ministry of Defense completes the relevant calculations.

In 2017, military pensioners, apparently, will be left without the promised two percent increase, which was previously carried out at the end of the year. The government said it would return the favor after the economic situation in the country improves. But when this will happen is difficult to say.


Now that Putin has signed a law freezing the reduction coefficient for calculating military pensions, we can say exactly the size of its increase in 2018

President Putin, who is also the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, signed a bill, which, accordingly, after signing, received the status of a law “On the suspension of the second part of Article 43 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On pension provision for persons who served in military service, service in internal affairs bodies, State Fire Service, authorities for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penal system, troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, and their families" in connection with the Federal Law "On the Federal Budget for 2018 and for the planning period 2019 and 2020."

Now that the issue with the size of the reduction coefficient has already been resolved, we can speak with complete confidence about the size of the increase in military pensions in 2018.

The law determines that the reduction coefficient for calculating military pensions remains in 2018 at the level of 2017 and has a value of 72.23%. Accordingly, the base part of the military pension for each military pension will be multiplied by this coefficient. The military pension will be cut by this percentage in 2018.

What about the basic part of the military pension? The basic part of the military pension in 2018 will increase by 4% due to an increase in the monetary allowance of active military personnel - their salaries for military positions and military ranks. In the corresponding telegram from Deputy Defense Minister Shevtsova, such an increase was not even called an increase, but a “revision”:

The size of salaries for tariff categories, for military positions and for military ranks is already known, in accordance with which military pensions will be “revised”:

We calculated how much military pensions in rubles will increase in 2018 for various positions, tariff categories and military ranks if the salaries of active military personnel are indexed by 4%. It didn’t turn out very well...

Calculation of a military pension for a sergeant, squad commander, 5th tariff category, who served for 20 years in preferential and calendar terms:


Old pension (15000+6500+(15000+6500)x0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 = 10094.14 rubles

(15600+6760+(15600+6760) x 0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 = 10497.90 rubles

A 4% INCREASE IS 403 RUBLES 77 KOPEEKS

Calculation of a military pension for a captain, company commander, 14th tariff category, who served for 20 years in preferential and calendar terms:


Old pension (22000+11000+(22000+11000)x0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 = 15493.33 rubles

New pension - salaries for military positions and military ranks are increased by 4%:

(22880+11440+(22880+11440) x 0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 = 16113.07 rubles

A 4% INCREASE IS 619 RUBLES 74 KOPEYKS

Calculation of a military pension for a lieutenant colonel, deputy brigade commander, 24th tariff category, who served in calendar terms for 24 years, in preferential terms - 25 years exactly:


Old pension (27000+12000+(27000+12000)x0.3) x 0.65 x 0.7223 = 23803.40 rubles

New pension - salaries for military positions and military ranks are increased by 4%:

(28080+12480+(27080+12480) x 0.3) x 0.65 x 0.7223 = 24755.53 rubles

A 4% INCREASE IS 952 RUBLES 13 KOPEEKS

The year 2018 will be significant due to the upcoming presidential elections. As practice shows, generally before elections, politicians are more concerned about the welfare of the population. This issue also concerns increasing the amount of pension payments to military personnel. What does the coming year have in store for them?

Will pensions for military personnel in Russia be increased from January 1, 2018? Last news

The media presents fundamentally different opinions and positions of the public regarding increasing the size of military pensions. Some members of the public say with confidence that preferential pensions for military personnel will be abolished altogether. Others argue that indexation will take place as usual in previous years. It is somewhat absurd to talk about the abolition of pensions, since such drastic measures on the part of the state will completely undermine the authority of the Russian army. Armed Forces employees have always been under the reliable protection of the authorities; it is unlikely that the state will change its usual course.

Conditions for establishing pensions for military personnel

The following have the right to purchase a pension on preferential terms:

Detailed rules for assigning pensions to military citizens are contained in Law No. 4468-1 of 1996.

In addition to the conditions of appointment, military pensions differ from civilian ones in that funding comes not from the Pension Fund, but from the Ministry of Defense.

What to expect in the end?

The current Presidential Decree provides for an annual increase in benefits for military pensioners of no less than 2% of the inflation rate in a particular year. The military personnel do not like this figure at all; they consider such an increase to be extremely meager. Working military pensioners can count on an increase in the amount of subsidies. The Armed Forces have a practice of retaining former employees in the army, only in civilian positions - without shoulder straps. For them, the increase will take place due to the accumulation of funds from the insurance part of the pension.

As for 2018, information leaked from official sources that the authorities are thinking about indexing military pensions by even as much as 4%. The forecasts are quite rosy. Where will the state get the funds, since the planned increase is several times higher than the inflation rate? Sources of funding may be:

  • income from the sale of Gazprom shares;
  • state privatization of private corporations.

All these numbers are abstract. The financial situation in the country can change in a quarter, or even a month. More accurate forecasts can be made closer to the fourth quarter of this year. In the meantime, we offer you to watch a video about what amounts of benefits for military personnel are established today.

This year, 2017, television screens are filled with stories of military operations in Syria and military exercises in Russia itself - and it seems to every citizen that a military man is a very highly paid profession and a military pensioner, having served the Motherland for more than 20 years - very wealthy and in nothing not a needy person.

What other opinion can be formed after the ceremonial stories of the media?

But people who serve in the RF Armed Forces or have retired due to length of service know very well that not everything is so safe and good. These problems exist, but for some reason they are not discussed on the screens of state channels. Anything is discussed - there can be discussions about Trump and Poroshenko, refugees in the European Union for a whole month, but the real problems within the country are taboo. Meanwhile, even in such a seemingly prosperous Russian army, there are problems.

In this article we will not voice them in full, we will only say that the law on monetary support (allowances) for military personnel adopted in 2011 is not being implemented - or rather, its effect was simply suspended. Just like that, the simply established annual indexation of military pay was canceled and has not been applied successfully for 5 years. But we will touch upon the problems of military pensioners in more detail.

According to official statistics, as of 2017, there were 2,500,000 military pensioners in Russia. That is, citizens discharged from military service into the reserve, who are subject to the Federal Law of May 27, 1998 N 76-FZ (as amended on July 3, 2016) “On the status of military personnel.”

All these citizens, or as they often call themselves “military pensions,” are entitled to a long-service pension. To acquire such a right, a serviceman must have a continuous length of military service of at least 20 years.

Pensions for military pensioners in 2017

Retired privates and sergeants with 20 years of service have a pension of about 8,000 rubles. This can also be calculated using a regular military pension calculator. And all those girls and women military personnel who come under shelling in Syria, having served 20 years, will receive the same 8,000 rubles. That's all the gratitude of our native state. And this woman, on a well-deserved military pension, will not go on a trip around the world - but will go to get any job for 8,000 rubles a month, because a person after serving in the army is not particularly needed by anyone and is not expected anywhere. And good places have been allocated a long time ago. And therefore, the main source of income will still remain a military pension. But the state did not fail here either.

A reduction factor of 0.54 was introduced into the law on pension provision for persons discharged from military service. Perhaps there has never been such a “fair decision” by the state in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. We don’t talk about other states at all. Moreover, this coefficient was introduced only for military pensioners.

This rule does not apply to judges of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and military courts, prosecutors (including military personnel of the military prosecutor's office) and employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (including military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation), pensioners from among these persons and members of their families.

Another “hiccup” in calculating a military pension is that for an ordinary state civil servant, the pension is calculated from the entire amount of earnings, including bonuses and additional payments, and for a military pensioner only from the amount of salary - salary according to position, salary according to military rank and percentage bonus for long service.

Indexation of military pensions

Since the salaries of military personnel have not been increased for 5 years, there has accordingly been no increase in military pensions in this regard. There was still hope for a fair indexation of military pensions. But it was not there. Since 2014, the provisions of Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2012 No. 604 have not been fully implemented.


That is, the total under-indexation over 5 years was more than 27%. And this is very decent money for military pensioners.

According to the general opinion of military pensioners, the incomplete implementation of Decree No. 604 actually discredits the state-guaranteed level of pension provision for military personnel, at which military pensioners could count on recalculation of pension payments above inflation.

Indexation of military pensions in 2017

On the indexation of military pensions in 2017. One indexation is planned and it has already taken place. In February 2017, military pensions were indexed (by only 4%) compared to civilian pensioners (5.4%). This is extremely low and offensive indexing. A huge number of appeals from military pensioners on this issue have been written to various authorities:

President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief V. Putin;
Chairman of the Government D. Medvedev;
Assistant to the President - Head of the State Legal Department of the President of the Russian Federation;
Chairmen of the State Duma and Federation Council;
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yu. Chaika;
Minister of Defense S. Shoigu;
To the Chairmen of the State Duma Defense Committee V. Komoyedov (former) and V. Shamanov (current);
Commissioner for Human Rights under the President;
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation;
The head of the Presidential Administration and many other officials and government bodies.

Military pensions in 2017 latest news

The main issues in these appeals are issues of injustice currently affecting military pensioners. In many replies and statements by high government officials, there is a concealment of the true state of affairs with the indexation of military pensions, and sometimes a direct distortion of the existing situation.

You can often read or hear that “... the legislative and executive authorities are working to increase the level of military pensions and prevent a decrease in the level of real incomes of military pensioners. So, in the period from 2013 to 2016. pensions for military pensioners increased by 28.6 percent, including by 4 percent in 2016.”

Are there really officials in all government agencies who do not know that it is necessary to take into account not only the indexation of military pensions, but also inflation for the same period? And inflation from 2013 to 2016 exceeded 40%. It turns out that the real size of military pensions decreased over this period. Therefore, the statement “about preventing a decrease in the level of real incomes of military pensioners” - this is misleading public opinion.

Increase in military pensions 2017

The only indexation of military pensions planned in the 2017 budget took place. From February 1, military pensions were increased by 4%. This small indexation failed to reverse the steady downward trend in real military pensions since 2014. As a result, today military retirees can buy 6% fewer goods and services with their pensions than on January 1, 2012.

From April 1, 2017, the indexation of social pensions (old-age, disability and survivors' pensions) took place. Social pensions increased by 1.5%, which in monetary terms amounted to approximately 65 to 180 rubles (depending on the disability group), as a result, the average pension amount became equal to 8,774 rubles.

Thus, as a result of indexation, the average size of the social pension increased by approximately 129 rubles, the social pension for disabled children - by 450 rubles, the disability pension of military personnel who served in conscription - by 181 rubles, the survivor's pension – for 155 rub.

All the best to you, dear military veterans! And hang in there - good health to you.

The state is taking measures to maintain the financial well-being of older people. Officials pay special attention to former military personnel. How will it change? Last news upcoming changes indicate that the amount of payments will increase by 4%.

Military pension for pensioners 2019: latest news on indexation

The decision to increase benefits for former military personnel was made by the President of Russia. The country's budget provides the funds necessary for indexation. The increase in payment amounts will occur in January next year.

Attention! On November 24, 2017, the State Duma adopted a law increasing pensions for military personnel by 4%. The law was adopted in the third reading. The pension will be increased from January 1.

We previously wrote that Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian government to regularly index pensions for military personnel.

The president equated police officers and the National Guard to military personnel. The increase in pensions will also affect fire protection workers. On average, former military personnel receive 24,500 rubles. To understand the upcoming changes, it is necessary to take into account the provisions of the draft budget for 2019. Indexation will require 3.07 billion rubles.

Latest news about military pensions for retirees 2019 indicate that the long-awaited salary increase will occur. Previously, an increase in payments was made by changing the value of the coefficient. It allows you to regulate the amount of benefits paid to pensioners. Officials decided to leave its value unchanged.

Requirements for military pension recipients

People who have served in the army for at least 20 years can apply for financial assistance. In case of early dismissal, the length of service must be taken into account. The recipient of the pension must give at least 12 years and 6 months to his homeland. Experts evaluate a person’s overall work experience. Often a person leaves the service ahead of schedule. In this case, he must work for at least 25 years in civilian positions.

The benefit is paid to military personnel who have reached retirement age. Recipients of financial assistance include people discharged from the army before the age of 45 due to poor health. Former military personnel are not financed from the Pension Fund. All benefits are paid from the budget of the Ministry of Defense.

Latest news on the reform of pension legislation relating to benefits for former military personnel

At the conference, the President of the Russian Federation raised the issue of a plan for the development of the pension system. Putin informed those present that the procedure for increasing payments would be maintained. The increase in benefits will be carried out using a system of constant indexations. In Russia there is a fairly high proportion of employees receiving payments from the Ministry of Defense. Many people are interested military pension for pensioners in 2019. Last news indicate that it is planned to increase the amount of payments.

The government plans to increase military salaries. They depend on position, rank and length of service. On average, former military personnel receive 24,465 rubles. The increase in benefits will occur due to an increase in monetary allowances by 4%.

Often latest news about pensions for military pensioners in 2019, published on various resources, do not correspond to reality. It is difficult for users to understand the contradictory information that periodically appears on the Internet.

The budget deficit has led to the state having difficulty finding funds to increase wages. The bill provides for an increase in the number of banks that will pay pensions to elderly people. The crisis caused the cessation of indexation of military salaries. The increase in the amount of pensions was carried out by adjusting the coefficient.

The developers of the bill introduced a clause to tighten the requirements for recipients of military pensions. Officials want to increase the length of service in the Russian Armed Forces. To retire you must serve at least 20 years. In the future, the minimum service life will be increased to 25 years. The authors of the bill justify their decision by the need to reduce the number of pension recipients. Thanks to this innovation, the budget deficit can be reduced.

Many military personnel take out payments at age 45. At this age, a person has a high ability to work. However, this item has not yet been adopted and is under discussion. After leaving military service, people continue to work in civilian positions.

A former military man has the right to receive an insurance pension. Indexation of such payments is carried out by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. Bill No. 274628-7 on increasing pensions for military personnel is being considered by the State Duma.

Conclusion

The indexation of military pensions will not be carried out by changing the reduction factor. The government plans to increase military salaries. The increase in pensions for former military personnel will be 4%.

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