From January 1, 2019, the implementation of the pension reform begins in Russia, which involves a gradual increase in the age. However, such an increase will only partially affect military personnel. We will tell you exactly what benefits will remain for this category of citizens.
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The general rules for granting pensions to citizens of the Russian Federation are fixed in Federal Law No. 166-FZ of December 15, 2001. At the same time, the provision of pensions for military personnel is regulated by a special regulatory document. We are talking about the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 N 4468-I, which determines the procedure for the retirement of military personnel, as well as employees of internal affairs bodies, state fire departments, units of the penitentiary system and other similar organizations. Raise project retirement age for military personnel has not yet been presented and for the time being the previous procedure continues to operate for them.
According to Art. 3 166-FZ, military personnel, subject to certain conditions, are entitled to receive two types of pensions at the same time.
Professions and types of work that give the right to receive an early labor old-age pension
The current procedure for determining the size and conditions of pension provision for military personnel is prescribed in Art. 13 of Law No. 4468-I. This regulatory document determines that a seniority pension is established if a citizen fulfills one of the conditions.
Servicemen with serious health problems receive a disability pension instead of the usual "military" pension. A citizen has the right to apply for it if the disability was received by him in the process of being in the service or within three months after dismissal from it. However, such a pension can be received later if it can be proved that the disability that has occurred was a direct result of an injury, concussion or other injury received during the service.
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Given the provisions of the current federal legislation, many military personnel retire at 45 years old. It should be noted that, in accordance with Art. 1 and part 1 of Art. 18 of Law No. 4468-I and the draft law on raising the retirement age of military personnel, the time of conscription service is not included in the length of service taken into account when determining length of service. Military personnel who served on conscription receive a pension according to the general rules provided for by Law 166-FZ and Law 400-FZ.
So a person, having retired on a “military” pension, can find a job in the civilian labor market and get a job, having mastered a new profession. From these funds, his future pension provision is formed according to the civilian model.
3 cases when an employee is entitled to an insurance pension
Currently, the Russian Federation is actively preparing for the implementation pension reform. There is no separate draft law on raising the retirement age for military personnel. For other categories of citizens, the project has acquired its final form in the form of Federal Law No. 350-FZ of October 3, 2018, which will come into force on January 1, 2019. These rules will also apply to military personnel entitled to a civil pension.
The procedure for obtaining a “civilian” pension for former military personnel will change in the same way as for other Russians. According to the 350-FZ, by the time the pension reform is completed, women will receive the right to an insurance pension when they reach 60 years old, men - 65 years old. However, the transition to new values of the retirement age will be gradual: this indicator will increase by 1 year annually and by 2023 it will reach the planned values.
By the way, it should be borne in mind that in parallel with the increase in the retirement age, other requirements for the future pensioner will also increase - the number of pension points and the length of service. The duration of the minimum allowable insurance period will increase by 12 months annually until 2024, when it will be 15 years. The number of pension points will increase every year by 2.4 units until it reaches 30 points.
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Note! The social pension age will also be gradually increased by 5 years. From 2023, it will be 65 years for women and 70 years for men.
Public discussion on pension reform has been going on for several months. Some time ago, many experts pointed to the high probability of raising the retirement age for servicemen based on length of service. Even specific figures were named: it was supposed to increase the retirement age for military personnel to 25 years of service instead of the current 20 years.
However, in August 2018, there were reports in the media that, at the initiative of the Ministry of Defense, the Government refused to further consider this initiative.
Indeed, the final text of Law No. 350-FZ does not contain any mention of raising the retirement age and length of service for military personnel. Thus, it is safe to say that the increase in the retirement age for military personnel in 2019 will not take place. The procedure for providing pensions to this category of citizens will remain the same, that is, the one provided for by the provisions of Law No. 4468-I.
Today, the process of discussing the reform is winding down: for example, on October 17, 2018, the CEC rejected proposals from initiative groups to hold a referendum on raising the retirement age for military personnel. The latest news suggests that until the first results of the implementation of the plan based on the 350-FZ law appear, significant changes in this area should not be expected.
There are no plans to raise the retirement age for servicemen in Russia based on length of service in the near future. However, the insurance and social pensions that they receive in the general manner will indeed be paid 5 years later, like other citizens of the Russian Federation. However, the transition to raising the retirement age for the insurance pension will be gradual: it will last until 2023.
The Government of the Russian Federation has long been discussing the issue of increasing the length of service from 20 to 25 years for military personnel, employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But if until 2018 these questions were nothing more than an assumption, then in June significant progress began. On June 14, 2018, there was an increase in the retirement age for civilians in the Russian Federation. In light of this, the issue of increasing the length of service for military personnel also became acute. The draft law has already been prepared, developed, but has not yet been published and has not yet entered into force. What should military personnel expect in the future?
For 2018, various forums are discussing the upcoming reform in the military sphere. In order to somehow prepare citizens for such a turn of events, Vladimir Putin said that in the near future the growth of military pensions would increase by 6%.
As early as January 1, 2019, the Government of the Russian Federation promises that it will start implementing a large-scale pension reform that will affect all segments of the population and areas of activity. It is planned to adjust the conditions under which retirement is possible, as well as to increase the retirement age for receiving an insurance pension upon reaching a certain age.
At the same time, the possibility of making changes to the conditions for calculating pensions for security forces remains questionable. The government does not comment on future amendments. But it is likely that they will be introduced soon.
Representatives of the State Duma report that the length of service for the military and security officials will be increased, but a little later, so as not to create confusion among citizens.
In view of this, it is still unknown how and in what way military pensions will be adjusted, whether the length of service will increase, and most importantly, by how much. Also, no official documents were submitted for publication. But the authorities do not deny that changes in pensions for the security forces will still be carried out, it is only a matter of time.
It is planned to increase the salary allowance for cash support. It will differ significantly from the previously announced indicators.
Years of service up to:
As part of the new legislation, it is planned to increase the amount of monetary allowance. Its value will increase from 50 to 65%.
A soldier who has more than 25 years of service will be offered to pay an allowance of 25% of the pension that he would be able to receive if he retired from military service. For each year, the amount of the allowance increases by exactly 3%.. But retirement will mean a complete recalculation of the final amount of earnings.
At the same time, citizens retain the right to receive a military pension after 20 years of service. However, it is possible only in a number of individual cases.
Unfortunately, at the moment there is no publication of the text of the bill for review in the public domain. It is possible to read the main postulates of the law and its theses only through the analysis of the media in unofficial sources. Here, certain provisions of the law are quoted, and the main ideas of the new act are also discussed. At the moment, there is no official information about the exact content of the bill, which will be finally adopted.
Deputies and experts on increasing the length of service for military personnel
Dmitry Travin, expert economist:
“I believe that there is no need to raise the retirement age of security officials. In order to redistribute all the funds of the state budget, it is enough to simply reconsider its priorities. I also note that it is necessary to wait for a real increase in the life expectancy of Russians, and then to adopt the appropriate reforms.”
Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance:
“The length of service for obtaining the right to retire by military personnel should be adjusted. We are working on such studies and we have in development one of the elements of the successful functioning of the pension system in Russia.”
Tatyana Golikova, Deputy Prime Minister:
“If you do not take into account the increase in the length of service for military personnel, conflicts may flare up within the state on this issue. An increase in the length of service for military personnel will also have a positive impact on the budget in view of the increase in the life expectancy of Russian citizens. This is a necessary measure for which we have been preparing for a long time. So, right now the moment has come when the need to raise the retirement age is a priority.”
What will be remarkable about this bill?
To date, it has been established that if a serviceman has a service of 20 years, then he is already assigned a pension, which is equal to 50% of the available monetary allowance.
Every year from the moment of reaching 20 years of service, the annual increase will be 3% to the already existing amount of 50% allowance. But the total amount of the allowance cannot exceed 85% of the initial salary of a soldier.
The bill proposes to reconsider this approach. Pension provision will begin to accrue at the moment when the length of service reaches the mark of 25 years. Not 50%, but 65% will be credited immediately. Each year, 3% of the pension will be accrued, and the maximum amount should not exceed 95% of the salary of a soldier.
The bill offers several options for dismissals from the armed forces on one of the preferential grounds:
In such a situation, in accordance with the draft law, the appointment of a long-term pension will be provided, the amount of which will be equal to 50% of the funds received, provided that the serviceman has at least 20 years of service.
Every year he will be increased by 3%, but the amount of allowance received cannot exceed 95%.
The specificity of the law lies in the fact that it was adopted in order to eliminate the unfairly established high retirement age for ordinary citizens of the country who are not involved in military service. That is why the military was also extended the term to 25 years.
The bill itself was developed by the Main Directorate of Personnel of the Armed Forces.
More recently, it became known that this regulatory legal act has already been signed by the President of the Russian Federation and should come into force in 2019.
To date, there is no indication in official sources when the law will be passed, and when the mention of the new length of service will come into effect. A process has not been defined that will include a transitional phase that should last until 2023.
Citizens who will be subject to the new legal act can retire even if they have 20 years of service, but subject to special conditions that will be valid until 2023.
Many media outlets claim that the approval of the project was completed in a positive way. The decision on the issue of increasing the length of service has already been made, and the entry into force of the legislative act is only a matter of time.
The adoption of the project was scheduled for September 2018. But due to the difficult issues of pension reform for civilians, the bill for the military was shelved.
Sociological surveys show that about 80% of the people surveyed do not support an increase in seniority for the security forces. Therefore, the ground must be well prepared before initiating such changes.
In accordance with the bill, the principle of calculating the military pension will not change. Only the indicators that will participate in the calculation of the final amount will change.
The calculation principle is very simple. It is necessary to take the general value of the EDV, which, in addition to the official salary, also includes all the allowances. Using this value and the characteristic pension coefficient, you can find out the approximate amount of the pension, which then must be compared with a reduction coefficient.
The approximate amount will be paid to the soldier.
When calculating the pension, the following indicators are taken into account:
The formula looks like this.
EDDV * (50% +% for service) * reduction factor = pension amount.
It is still vaguely clear how the military pension will be calculated from 2019. After all, not all provisions of the new bill will be adopted immediately, which means that the calculation system should also change somewhat.
It is planned that at first, military personnel will be able to calculate an approximate pension using special online calculators. Later, there will be a generally accepted formula.
Consider how the payment for military personnel in 2018 is calculated. The calculation rules are regulated by the Federal Law “On pensions for persons in military service” 4469-1.
Example: Odintsov A.V. was dismissed from the army, having the rank of captain. The reason for the dismissal was the end of the contract. Odintsov is 44 years old. His experience is 24 years and 6 months. This confirms the length of service. As a result, the payment will be calculated as follows:
pension \u003d 50% of monetary allowance + 3% of monetary allowance * the number of full years that were worked out over 20 \u003d 50% DD + 12% DD \u003d 62% of the monetary allowance that citizen Odintsov received in the rank of captain.
Each year this allowance will be proportionately increased by 3%.
A completely different calculation is assumed if a citizen has been in military service for less than 20 years.
Example. Police Major Zhukov was in the service for 13 years and 10 months. Means:
pension \u003d 50% of the allowance * for 1% of the allowance * 4 years of experience = citizen Zhukov can count on 54% of the allowance.
The law promises to consider requirements for the abolition of the reduction factor. More than once the issue of introducing a reduction factor was checked for legality in the Constitutional Court. However, no violations of the constitutional rights of servicemen were found.
To date, the value of the reduction coefficient is 72.23% of the monetary allowance.
The ratio has not changed since 2017. After the bill enters into force, the reduction factor is promised to be either frozen or slightly increased. However, it is also likely that when discussing the prospect of a reduction factor, it will be decided to abandon it altogether. However, it does not make sense to talk about this innovation until 2023.
In 2019, it is planned that the reform will start working, which will also affect innovations in matters of pensions for military personnel. It is planned that the changes will be quite controversial, but necessary.
Length of service will increase from 20 to 25 years. This innovation has already been approved at the official level. Such a reform will avoid inequality in the country and equalize civilian pensioners with military personnel.
It is possible that the moratorium established in 2018 on changing the reduction factor will be lifted.
You can also expect indexing. According to official statements from the Department of Defense, retirees can count on a two-stage increase in social benefits.
But the value of the reduction coefficient should remain at the same level, and also correspond to the current salaries of military personnel.
In order to carry out the reform, 41 billion rubles have already been frozen in the state budget. With these funds, the Government plans to support military pensioners, as well as jinx the transition process in the face of inflation.
A law to increase the minimum length of service will be passed, but everything will not happen in one day. The transition process will last exactly 5 years until 2023. During this time, financial, economic and social work will be carried out to help citizens adapt to new conditions.
The true reason for raising the retirement age for military personnel, according to many citizens, is simply a banal leveling. In accordance with the Federal Law “On the Status of Servicemen”, the military acquire the right to a pension after 20 years from the moment they began military service. That is, many citizens can become full-fledged pensioners at the age of 40.
Many citizens of the Russian Federation and deputies do not agree with this. Despite the difficult conditions for the implementation of the service, the presence of professional deformations and other decisions during the service to the homeland, the state followed the lead of the majority and decided that the pension reform would affect not only ordinary citizens of the Russian Federation, but also military personnel.
The problem of a possible increase in the standard length of service for the military is quite relevant - many are interested in the question: will there be an increase in the retirement age of military personnel by 5 years in 2018. Currently, in order to qualify for standard pension benefits, the military must have served for at least 20 years - this period is state service and allows you to receive special privileges. At the same time, this system of benefits applies to all military personnel serving in Russian state structures.
Over the past few years, the government has been increasingly discussing the issue of a possible reduction in the total amount of military pension payments, as well as the need to increase the length of service for employees by 5 years. A specific legal provision has not yet been put forward, but the discussions of officials on this issue already allow us to make some predictions.
The increase in the retirement age for military personnel working in the public sector is associated with possible changes in the age criteria for retirement for all categories of citizens. This issue has been raised more than once, on the basis of which we can conclude that retirement for the military will also be extended in time.
The final increase in the retirement age for the military to 25 years may occur as early as the beginning of 2019. Most of the deputies at the ongoing meetings of the Government of the Russian Federation express a positive opinion on this issue, since the change in the law will significantly reduce state budget expenditures, which is an urgent task for the coming years.
The bill to increase military service to 25 years is planned to be put into effect as early as 2019. At the same time, all changes in the pension legislation for the military will be made in two stages so as not to infringe on the rights of those military who have “accumulated” length of service by the end of 2018.
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Rumors about a possible increase in the retirement age have been circulating for a long time. Some representatives of the Government, in particular, the Pension Fund, speak of such a need.
Regarding 2019, similar information also appears, in particular regarding a possible increase in the retirement age for military personnel.
Pension provision of citizens is one of the important directions of the social policy of the state. The state establishes the rules according to which pensions are calculated, as well as the rights of persons in this industry.
One of the important parameters is the retirement age. At the moment, men have the right to retire at 60 years old, and women - at 55 (for general reasons, in the absence of a "hot" experience and others).
However, military pensions are calculated somewhat differently. So, in accordance with the current legislation, not only the military, but also other citizens who served in some units can apply for a military pension.
Military pension is divided into three types:
According to the latest rumors, the state plans to increase the number of years that you need to serve in order to count on a military pension. However, it remains to be seen whether these rumors are true.
The legislator does not establish a difference in the serviceman to determine the required length of service upon retirement.
It turns out that both the officer and the rank and file must serve the same minimum. At the same time, the term that must be served by the military is twenty years.
At the same time, the maximum pension of a serviceman will not be more than half of his official salary, provided that he did not continue his service after retirement.
At the same time, all military personnel are also entitled to the so-called second pension. If, after retirement, such a person receives experience in a civilian specialty, then upon reaching the age of 60 years (for women - 55 years old), he will also receive a well-deserved civil pension.
Receiving a superannuation pension does not deprive such a person of the right, as well as other social payments from the state.
In addition to military service, the following periods may be included in the length of service:
At the same time, some periods of military and other service may be counted in length of service on preferential terms:
Also, such conditions include service in remote areas and in some other areas, separately specified by law.
To receive a military pension, a person must have at least twenty years of service. Otherwise, the pension may be assigned on the basis of a mixed accrual procedure.
Citizens under the age of 45 with a length of service of 25 years, half of which is military or other equivalent service, will have the right to a pension.
The pension provision of the military is determined in accordance with several legal acts:
When assigning and determining the amount of a pension to the military, general pension provisions, such as, and some others, can also be used.
Representatives of some law enforcement agencies were preparing a bill, according to which it was planned to increase the military experience necessary for receiving a pension.
It was assumed that military personnel and other persons (for example, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the FSB) would have to serve not twenty years, but five years more.
A bill to increase the retirement age of military personnel was being prepared in the spring of 2019 on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation.
Representatives of all law enforcement agencies took part in the development. In accordance with its text, it is assumed that the changes should come into force after 2019, after the election of the President of the Russian FederationThe mechanism for making changes is also not yet clear. It is also not clear whether changes will be made to the article “conditions for retirement” or to the article “sizes of pensions”.
That is, it is not determined whether citizens will lose the right to general or lose some additional privileges without serving 25 years.
However, work on the bill has not been completed. In addition, there are rumors that the work has been completely postponed indefinitely and will be continued, most likely after 2019 or even later.
To qualify for a seniority pension, a citizen must meet the following conditions:
Persons who, after being discharged from military service, continue to work in a civilian specialty, are entitled to a certain part labor pension from the Pension Fund.
In the last couple of years, there have been many rumors regarding an increase in the minimum length of service for military personnel to retire.
However, no changes to the existing legislation have been adopted so far. The number of years of service required remains the same.
However, small restrictions in the pension sector are still expected. The increase in payments is temporarily suspended due to the difficult economic situation.
An increase in pensions is still expected, but within the existing inflation, which is about four percent.
The Government argues that it is unlikely that the retirement age for military personnel in Russia will be increased. Recent news only confirms this assertion.
However, an increase in the required length of service for the military to retire will be considered a little later, in a few years, but on the condition that the country's economy will still require such a step.
The military pension is calculated based on the following rules:
It turns out that the maximum pension of a serviceman will be achieved if he has thirty-two years of service. In this case, the accrued pension in the future is subject to indexation on a general basis.
A pension for female military personnel is assigned on the same basis as for men - they must have a service record of twenty years or more.
However, women can also count on some legal benefits:
Otherwise, the rules for the retirement of female soldiers are the same. It is also assumed that from January 1, 2019, the length of service for women will also not be increased.
The Government has long been talking about the need to increase the retirement age in general and the seniority pension in particular.
However, the timing of such an increase is not yet clear. The government recently announced that there are no plans to increase the retirement age in the coming years.
As for increasing the required length of service for the military, there is no clear position here.
On the one hand, a draft law is being prepared, which is planned to introduce appropriate changes, on the other hand, there are statements about the lack of intentions of such an increase in the coming years.
It is assumed that such an increase, if any, will be made no earlier than in 2019, after the presidential elections.
According to information that is publicly available, it can be concluded that the changes will affect all military personnel, as well as persons serving in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and other power structures.
The departments that provide for military service have developed a bill to increase the minimum limit of years of service that gives the right to receive a military pension from 20 to 25 years. This is reported by Kommersant, citing a source close to the leadership of one of the Russian law enforcement agencies. This information was also confirmed to the publication by the interlocutor in.
The document proposes to amend the Russian law “On pensions for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the state fire service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the criminal correctional system, the Federal Service of the National Troops guards, and their families" dated February 12, 1993.
Work on the preparation of the draft law has been carried out since March of this year by the relevant decision of the President of Russia Vladimir a. On May 22, the head of the main personnel department of the Ministry of Defense, the general, reported on the preparation of documents by the deputy head of the department to the general, the ministry said.
As a high-ranking official explained to the newspaper, representatives of all departments related to military service took part in the drafting of the bill. “The topic is very delicate, there are still a number of consultations at the level of the financial, economic and social blocs of the government, as well as all interested parties,” he added.
The interlocutors of the publication did not specify the expected timing of the adoption of the amendments, however, in their opinion, it would be logical to adopt the document after the presidential elections, which will be held in March 2018.
The authors of the bill also do not disclose the mechanism for increasing the lower threshold of seniority: whether a transition period will be introduced for this is still unknown. It is also unclear how the adoption of the amendments will affect the budget.
The publication clarifies that the adoption of the bill will require amendments to the 13th article of this law (the conditions determining the right to a pension for long service) and the 14th (the size of the pension).
At the moment, it is already known that the amendments, if adopted, will not affect those military personnel whose contract ends on the 20th anniversary of service. All the rest, in order to be eligible for a military pension, will have to serve five years longer.
The idea to increase the lower threshold of seniority has been discussed for a long time. In 2013, the military proposed dividing this process into two stages: until 2019, to pay all military personnel who have served over 20 years, but have not retired, an allowance of 25% of the pension that they could receive, and from January 1, 2019 year to finally establish a 25-year lower limit of service. However, after the calculations carried out at that time, it turned out that the federal budget did not have enough funds for the additional payments necessary for the transition period.
In 2015, the discussion of this issue was resumed by chapter a. The government admitted that the period of service required for a military pension could be raised immediately to 30 years, but this option was rejected.
The unstable economic situation that was observed in Russia three years ago also forced the Ministry of Finance to think about refusing to increase payments to military pensioners.
Siluanov and the head of the Defense Ministry were able to resolve all issues and find additional funding only after Putin intervened in the situation.
Last month, the head of state signed a law to increase the retirement age for civil servants. According to the document, the retirement age of officials has increased to 65 for men and 63 for women. The law also provides for a gradual increase in the minimum civil service period required for a superannuation pension from 15 to 20 years.
Now “military pensioners”, who, after leaving the reserve (retirement), continue to work in positions not related to military service, are entitled to a second, “civilian”, pension along the line upon reaching the retirement age established by the state (for women - 55 years, for men - 60 years) and the minimum required work experience (in 2017 it is eight years and will increase by one year to 15 years by 2024).
In March, the chairman of the defense committee, the ex-commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General, said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru that the average pension in 2016 was: for military service pensioners - about 23 thousand rubles, for law enforcement service pensioners - 17 thousand. rubles, for security agencies - 30 thousand rubles.
According to him, for the calculation of the “military” pension, the salary for a military position or official salary, salary for a military rank or salary for a special rank, and a bonus for length of service (length of service) are taken into account.
Salaries of military judges, prosecutors and investigators are established in relation to the salary of the first person of the corresponding department. Salaries in other departments are established by decree. At the same time, salaries by rank are the same for everyone, and salaries for standard positions in the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Special Objects Service under the President are approximately 20% higher than in the Armed Forces and other troops and military formations. This is due to the specifics of the tasks performed by these bodies and more stringent selection.
In Russia, for more than five years, there has been no indexation of the monetary allowance of military personnel.
“The guarantee of protecting the monetary allowance of military personnel from depreciation has not been fulfilled for the past five years, that is, in fact, for the entire period of the federal law “On the monetary allowance of military personnel and the provision of individual payments to them,” Shamanov explained.
The provisions of this law, which stipulate that salaries for military posts and salaries for military ranks are annually indexed to inflation starting from 2013, are suspended annually by a separate federal law.
However, according to Shamanov, the indexation of the “military” pension took place by increasing the so-called reduction coefficient, which, in accordance with Art. 43 of the law "On pensions for persons who have completed military service ..." in 2012 was 54%, and from February 1, 2017 it was 72.23%. Its real increase was: in 2013 - by 8.2%, in 2014 - by 6.2%, in 2015 - by 7.5%, in 2016 - by 4%, and from February 1 2017 - by 4%. Thus, over the past five years - from 2013 to 2017 - the "military" pension has increased by 30%. And from 2011 to 2017, the "military" pension increased by 90%.
