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media, announced the government decision to raise the retirement age
the Issue of raising the retirement age “conceptually solved”, the newspaper “Izvestia”. Only now are discussions on how much and when to announce the decision.
the Russian government decided to raise the retirement age. About this newspaper “Izvestia”, citing sources close to the government.
According to one of interlocutors, the issue of raising the retirement age “is already conceptually solved”. Currently under discussion on how to raise the age for some categories of citizens. According to sources, there are several “main” options. One of them involves raising the retirement age to 65 years for men and 63 years for women. The second option is to align the retirement age for men and women, raising it to 63 years.
Also in the government at the moment, decide when to announce the reform. One of the sources suggested that the decision can be declared in 2018, when the new government is formed.
In April 2016, the Finance Ministry has proposed to reform the pension system, including to raise the retirement age to 65 years for men and women. The Department explained that the need has arisen due to the fact that the average life expectancy is only since 1995 has increased by seven years for men and 5.2 years for women.
a Former Finance Minister of Russia Alexei Kudrin has said that raising the retirement age in Russia may take from eight to 15 years. He noted that this should not happen overnight.
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