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State pensions raised by 8.6% will be delivered from April 1 on the standard delivery schedule.

The Russian Pension Fund automatically includes child care periods in mothers’ pension entitlements. According to the current rules, this period is included in mothers’ labor record and increases their pension points. Information about child care periods comes from the birth register of civil registration offices, maternity capital applications and one-off payments to families with children ordered by the president. Thanks to this information exchange, the Pension Fund proactively added new information to accounts of 4.7 million women.

The benefits the Russian Pension Fund now pays in the stead of social protection services are provided in the uniform procedure in all constituent territories of Russia, and practically everyone receives them on the same day. Before 2022, the rules of the provision of such payments could differ from one region to another. Nowadays, the Pension Fund gives measures of support nationwide, consistent with the uniform rules and on the basis of social treasury principles.

Former military servicemen and law enforcement officers may receive civilian pensions in addition to the main pension received from the relevant agency. In order to do so, they will need a civilian labor record acquired upon their discharge from service, a minimal number of pension points, and the achievement of a retirement age. This year, the qualifications stand at 13 years of labor record, 23.4 pension points, and retirement age of 61.1 years for men and 56.5 years for women.

Non-working pensioners will be receiving larger payments starting today. Their February pensions will be supplemented with an additional payment for January, when pensions were raised by 8.6% as against 5.9% before.

The Pension Fund has been providing measures of support reassigned to it by social protection services since the middle of January. Russian Post and other postal services started to deliver the benefits on January 15, while banks began to credit funds to accounts on January 17.

Irrespective of the group of disability, all disabled persons are entitled to compensation in the amount of 50% of the mandatory motor third party liability insurance (OSAGO) premium. The benefit is envisaged by the law on mandatory motor third party liability insurance. Earlier, the compensation was provided by social protection services. Starting from 2022, the compensations and some other benefits will become the area of the Russian Pension Fund and will be assigned by its territorial branches.

There are 11.4 million citizens with various degrees of disability in Russia. Same as the majority of countries, disabled people in Russia are entitled to state support, some of which is provided by the Pension Fund.