To prevent transmission of the new coronavirus in Russia and ensure sanitary-epidemiologic welfare of the population in RF the Government of the Russian Federation adopted resolution No.460.
In accordance with Presidential Executive Order dated 7th April 2020 within the period from April to June monthly benefit amounting to RUB 5,000 for each child aged up to 3 is assigned to the Russian families entitled to the maternity capital ( or those having been entitled earlier)
All-Russia contest «Thank you Internet – 2020» is launched today. The organizers of the contest are the Pension Fund and Rostelecom.
On the instructions of the President Vladimir Putin the Pension Fund will continue payments , which should be periodically confirmed by the respective documents, without the need for renewal.
Starting from 1st April state pensions including social pensions are indexed by 6.1% – considering the growing cost of living for pensioners in 2019.
Now self-employed persons, paying the tax levied on the proceeds from professional activity, are able to make voluntarily contributions building up personal pension fund via mоbile app «My Tax». The application gives the opportunity to register in the Pension Fund as a payer of insurance contributions, which is a prerequisite for making the voluntarily contributions.
The Pension Fund of Russia recommends to all citizens and especially to aged persons to apply for the state services remotely via personal cabinet to reduce visits to the public places and in such a manner to protect oneself against the new coronavirus.
According to the Rospotrebnadzor agency people aged 60 and above are more exposed to COVID-19 than other age groups. Because of the burden on the immune system aged people face the greatest risk of complications including such dangerous disease as viral pneumonia.
The Rostelecom Company and the Pension Fund of Russia has drawn up the results of the training program «ABC of Internet» for the five-year period. From September 2014 to the end of 2019 305,400 retired persons, among them 54,400 persons in 2019, increased computer literacy by training.
The President of Russia Vladimir Puttin signed the Federal law, according to which certain changes are introduced into the Maternity Capital Program. The amendments provide for increase of the sum of the state support, for new ways of use of the maternity capital, make disposal of the funds easier and more convenient, and extend the program validity.