Up to a hundred years

Raising the retirement age in Russia is inevitable. This was stated by ex-Minister of Finance, chairman of the Council of the Center for Strategic Development Alexei Kudrin, Interfax reports .

At present, in Russia, the pension is a little more than a third of wages, Kudrin noted. "We get that the average pension begins to decline relative to the average wage. It today is approximately 33-34 percent, that is, a person who retires immediately goes into a third of the content from what he had when he worked," the economist said.

"The International Labor Organization believes that the state should provide at least 40 percent (pensions regarding the previous earnings of a pensioner.-Ed.), And taking into account voluntary and accumulative programs, this should be up to 70 percent. This is ensured in different countries, such as the UK, Germany, Italy. So, we must also outline this program. Let it be in 10-15-20 years, but we must reach these parameters. number, and raising the retirement age, you can’t do without it, ”said Kudrin.

"The most important priorities of development are education, healthcare - the preservation of the population, and the disability, and the extension of life, first of all, of a healthy life, and transport infrastructure, emphasized Kudrin. - These are three whales of budgetary and state policy - how to redistribute funds. We calculated on models as much as it gives. This maneuver gives 1 percent of GDP compared to all other programs and institutions during Five to six years ... These are structural reforms, it must be done. "

According to Kudrin, this turn means that "you need to remove somewhere somewhere, from some programs, raising the retirement age also partially solves this problem." In addition, "somewhere we need to reduce expenses in the field of public administration," the economist believes. According to him, he has already handed over the relevant proposals to President Vladimir Putin.

Kudrin has repeatedly talked about increasing the age of retirement.

On February 1 of last year, Izvestia, referring to sources close to the government, said that the issue of raising the retirement age was "conceptually resolved" . Now the government has discussions about specific parameters of increase taking into account a detailed analysis of socio-economic consequences, as well as when to announce this decision.

In May, the Ministry of Economic Development published a long -term forecast according to which in the next 20 years the real size of pensions in Russia has not reached the level of 2013 . At the same time, the department of the department has an increase in the retirement age to 65 years for men and up to 63 years for women. Such a measure is expected in the mayor, will lead to a reduction in the number of pensioners by 2035 by 23 percent, or by 7 million people compared to 2017. At the same time, raising the retirement age will be accompanied by a sharp drop in the level of pensions. Their attitude to salary will fall from current 35 to 22 percent, according to the mayor.