Mothers of large families are submitting those applications since yesterday in all Social Fund client offices and on the Gosuslugi Portal. The majority of adjustment applications came from the proactive outreach to mothers of large families. Based on available records, the Social Fund offices compiled lists of mothers eligible for a pension adjustment and obtained their consent for the recalculation remotely.
As a result, on the first day of application acceptance, which opened the day before, the Fund had already begun reviewing pension amounts for 7,300 women. In 80% cases, this was the result of the proactive approach. Thanks to the remote consent option, mothers did not have to apply to the Social Fund on their own.
Mothers of large families will start receiving their higher pensions as early as the new year. For applications submitted in December, the pension adjustment will come into effect in January. The 2026 Social Fund budget has the money required for higher payments.
Remember that amendments to the law removing all restrictions on the number of children care for whom counts toward a pension come into force next year. Currently, a mother's work duration can include the care for four children at most; according to the new procedure, the fifth, sixth, and all subsequent children in the family will be factored in when applying for a pension. The mother will also get pension coefficients for them, on top of the work duration, provided she cared for each child for at least eighteen months: 2.7 coefficient for the 1st child, 5.4 for the 2nd and 8.1 for the third and subsequent children.
The specific feature of the new rules is that they apply not only to women who start retiring from 2026 onwards, but also to those who are already receiving pensions.