Kudrin proposed to increase the retirement age to 63 years for both men and women – Look

The deputy head of the Economic Council under President Alexei Kudrin and Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets entered the dispute over retirement age. Kudrin called on to resolve the retirement only 63 years old, and both men and women. Golodets in response questioned the stories about the lack of money in the Pension Fund, calling it a “myth.” According to her, the retirement age is not changed will not

The former deputy prime minister and finance minister, now -. Deputy chairman of the Economic Council under the President of Russia, who was appointed a few days ago, Kudrin Saturday offered a step by step increase in the retirement age in the country for men and women.

«I’m more inclined to the figure is 63. This is a common age, which should gradually become a retirement for men and women. It is not now. Even if we are half a year to increase the retirement age, it will happen to men after six years, for women – it’s even longer, “- he said in the program” Vesti on Saturday “.

«We have a growing number of pensioners, and the amount of money in retirement is not growing. So when I’m talking about raising the retirement age is in question, including the decision of several urgent problems in the Russian economy, including the preservation of high or increasing pensions for those who had already retired, “- quoted ex- Minister TASS. Recall now the retirement age for men is 60 years for women – 55 years.

In the same broadcast transmission Kudrin argued the current Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets. According to her, plans to raise the retirement age from the government yet, RIA “Novosti”. “Well, in the near future we are planning to do this” – she said. “In order to lead a serious discussion about raising the retirement age, it is necessary to begin to move forward on implementation, including and the May decrees on life expectancy”, – stressed Golodets.

She questioned the stories about the lack of money in the Pension Fund. “Pension Fund deficit Subject, of course, exaggerated. This is some myth – she said. – For example, in comparison with 2012 is balanced pension fund. At the 1.5 trillion rubles, better balanced. ”

Finally, one of the main conditions for economic development, it considers not so much saving for retirement, how much to stimulate the growth of wages. “Without the support of consumption today is not possible to further economic development. And the topic of wages – this is not only an issue of presidential decrees of execution, it is the basic condition for the further economic development of Russia. When we withdraw money from wages, then, however much we may have made in the absence of the final consumer, nothing happens, “- she said, adding that the most difficult task is the transition from an oil economy to a consumer economy.

The money is enough

It is known that in the past year, revenues of the Pension Fund amounted to 7.1 trillion rubles, which is 967.5 billion rubles more than in 2014. From the federal budget fund transferred funds in the form of intergovernmental transfers to 3.1 trillion rubles, including 1.9 trillion rubles (62.5%) – on payment of pensions for state pensions funded from the federal budget.

These funds last year, the FIU has financed expenditures in the amount of 7.7 trillion rubles (1.48 trillion rubles more than in 2014). Of these, performance of public obligations of the state in the past year sent $ 7 trillion rubles. FIU costs associated with the formation of funds for the funded part of labor pension amounted to 546.4 billion rubles.

Meanwhile, recently discussed the new version of the pension system so, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the new mechanism of voluntary retirement savings on special accounts in banks or pension funds may make in the second half of next year, and citizens need to independently participate in the formation of pension savings.

As for Kudrin, he had called for raising the retirement age. Since March 17, the ex-minister even complained that Russia had missed the right moment to do so. “Let me remind you that in 2010, the pension was increased by 50% within one year. It was. Then there was the best time to go to raise the retirement age. This would be perceived by society quite balanced, “- he noted. And he added that “God tells us: prices fell (oil), we did not expect that they will grow back. I thought that we had at the time to take advantage of it. ”

Meanwhile, on May 11, the State Duma in the third final reading a bill to raise the retirement age for officials. The document comes into force on 1 January 2017. Ministry of Labor in March reported that the policy priority remains voluntary encouraging later retirement, rather than general increase in the retirement age.

About the «bottom»

In addition, in the transmission with Kudrin and Golodets discussed and the question of when the economy push off from the “bottom” .

According to Kudrin, it will remain “at the bottom” as long as the authorities do not start strong structural reforms. “You could say that the” bottom “is passed – likely, perhaps, we are somewhere close to this definition are. But, unfortunately, because the old model of the economy developed, the new – have not yet been formed, even here passed the “bottom”, we will stay on this “bottom”, – quotes its Tass. “I think that our economy is now a definite determination is not enough. We have to delay important reforms. This will cause the pulling and the beginning of economic growth “, – Kudrin said.

In the debate intervened and ex-Minister of Economic Development of Russia, now the head of Sberbank German Gref. According to him, the issue and the public nature of the economy lead to disastrous results. “We in the history persists in repeating the same steps. And now we hear: let’s try to issue money, “which will not cause somehow we have inflation, let’s – the state’s economy because private business does not operate in the country, – he complained.

On the eve of President Vladimir Putin said that the “bottom” of the crisis in the economy can be regarded as passed last year.

On Thursday, the Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said that the economy is fully adapted to the sanctions regime, macroeconomic negative effects on them now, no. May 14, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov also said that the Russian economy has adapted to the new conditions and to the end of the year is expected to reach positive growth. May 18, Bloomberg wrote that, according to Western analysts, the Russian economy is currently experiencing the largest in the last 15 years of change and the recession may end in the third quarter of this year.