The Pension Fund has started paying pensions raised on June 1 to non-working pensioners. Starting today the higher pensions are delivered to all recipients through postal offices and banks. The pension raise was automatic, and there was no need to ask the Pension Fund for the adjustment of payments.
According to PFR Board Deputy Chairman Sergei Chirkov, all types of insurance and state pensions, including social pensions, paid by the Pension Fund were raised on June 1. “The benefits based on the social pension size are also raised accordingly,” Chirkov said. “These are additional benefits for outstanding achievements and merits, social benefits to nuclear industry workers, and pensions of persons disabled as a result of the Chernobyl NPP accident.”
In all, pensions of 35 million non-working pensioners were raised by approximately 1,760 rubles. After the raise, an average monthly pension of non-working pensioners reached 19,360 rubles.