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Rostelecom and the Russian Pension Fund have prepared a new module for the advanced Internet ABC course, “The Internet for Travel and Recreation: Subtleties and Useful Tips.” The new course is a package of additional materials for studies of senior citizens, who have learned computer basics and those who seek to expand their knowledge and to use more opportunities offered by the Internet.

The Russian Pension Fund has extended a number of measures endorsed in April due to the complicated epidemiological situation with the purpose of liberalized assignment and payment of pensions. The PFR will continue to assign certain types of pensions and benefits online, to assist citizens in the collection of necessary information, and to proactively extend and adjust payments till the end of August.

Russian Pension Fund Board Chairman Maxim Topilin and Rossotrudnichestvo head Yevgeny Primakov have signed a cooperation agreement.

Consistent with the order of the Russian Labor and Social Protection Ministry No. 327n dated June 11, 2020, the assignment of the monthly social benefit to disabled persons and disabled children became proactive on July 28, 2020. There is no need for filing an application, as territorial bodies of the Russian Pension Fund assign the benefit by themselves.

Territorial bodies of the Russian Pension Fund received 35,200 applications for transferring pension savings in the first half of 2020.

Over the first six months of 2020, the Russian Pension Fund confirmed the entitlement to various types of social support and benefits of 1.2 million pre-retirees. The information was sent to the authorities and government agencies providing such benefits or directly to pre-retirees via the personal account section on the PFR website, the Public Services Portal, territorial bodies of the Pension Fund or multifunctional centers.

Over the first six months of 2020, the Russian Pension Fund issued over 590,000 maternity capital certificates. Payments of maternity capital funds exceeded 110 billion rubles in the reporting period.

It is now possible to receive a free parking permit for the vehicle transporting a disabled person or child online. The relevant amendments to the Federal Law on Social Protection of Disabled Persons in the Russian Federation took effect on July 1, 2020, as one more step to increase the accessibility of public and municipal services for disabled persons.

The Russian Pension Fund has extended a number of temporary measures in the assignment of pensions enacted in April-June due to the complicated epidemiological situation. The PFR will continue the online assignment of certain types of pensions and allowances, the provision of necessary information, the proactive extension and update of benefits assigned earlier through July.