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PFR Board Chairman Anton Drozdov acted as a moderator of the strategic session “Information Technologies and Digital Transformation in the Social Sphere” held within the 3rd Forum for Social Innovations in Regions in Moscow. The session focused on improved efficiency and quality of social services due to digital technologies.

Today, Anton Drozdov, PFR Board Chairman, and Oleg Belozerov, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Railways (RZhD), have signed an information cooperation agreement at the Forum for Social Innovations in Regions held in Moscow.

Today, a bilateral agreement between the Pension Fund of Russia and Х5 Retail Group has been signed at the Forum for Social Innovations in Regions held in Moscow on 19 to 21 June. The main purpose of the Agreement is the implementation of social support measures for pensioners and pre-pensioners, such as discounts and individualized offers in Х5 chain stores.

The Pension Fund of Russia takes part in the Russian national poverty reduction project. Anton Drozdov, PFR Board Chairman, told RIA Novosti about specific features of this line of business, changes in the non-budgetary fund status and current developments in maternity capital payment procedure.

On 4 June, the final stage of the 9th Russian National Computer All-Round Championship among pensioners organized by the Union of Pensioners of Russia and the Government of the Kirov region and supported by the Federation Council, Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications and Pension Fund of Russia started in Kirov.

Voluntary contributions paid by participants in the program of state co-funding of pension savings totaled 4.9 billion rubles in 2018. Consistent with the program conditions, the government contributed 4.7 billion rubles for the co-funding purpose.

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has lauded the Russian Pension Fund’s contribution to the promotion of actuarial practices. A certificate of merit for advanced actuarial practice was presented to PFR Board Chairman Anton Drozdov at the ISSA Regional Social Security Forum for Europe in Baku in May.

The government discussed and approved the PFR budget report 2018 at today’s meeting and decided to submit the report for consideration by the Federal Assembly.

The Russian Pension Fund reminds maternity capital certificate holders that they could apply for a monthly payment in any PFR client service or office irrespective of the place of residence.

The number of citizens who lose their income through changing their pension fund ahead of time has decreased 4.5 times year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019. Some 15,000 applications of the sort were filed in the first three months of this year, as against 67,000 the year ago.