Interpretation of words and money

The words of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev about pensions could be torn from context and incorrectly understood. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following negotiations with the leadership of Greece, the Kremlin press service reports .

At the same time, Putin noted that he was not familiar with the statement of the prime minister. “I don’t know anything about this, but I know for sure that the government, of course, pays great attention to the fulfillment of social obligations,” the president said. “Of course, in the conditions of today's difficult situation with the budget, the government is forced to look for various options for resolving these issues.” Putin emphasized that on this issue he personally regularly collects meetings with representatives of the social and economic bloc of the government.

"And what options can be? Either indexing social benefits, including pensions, without even consideration, for example, with budget revenues, or try, on the one hand, to index on a value, but take all measures to suppress inflation," Putin said. On the one hand, people seem to try to do something good, and firing out the inflation, leading to the north The result is not an easy, subtle task to be reduced to zero. ”

On Tuesday, Medvedev, speaking of a pension with a resident of Feodosia, said that the state has no money to raise pensions. “The prices are frantic,” one of the women complained to the premiere. According to her, pensions in the region are incorrectly calculated and indexed, and it is impossible to live for 8 thousand rubles a month. “What is eight thousand? We wipe our legs about us! We have worked for 45 years, we have nothing to pay,” the woman asked.

The prime minister replied that the indexation of pensions is now "nowhere to nowhere." “There is simply no money now. We will find money - we’ll make an indexation,” Medvedev explained. “You keep here, all the good, good mood and health.”

Later, Medvedev promised to "take control" the situation in the Crimea. “There are enough difficult topics, and we are constantly engaged in them. Thanks to the residents of Crimea for the invariably warm welcome, for the active position and indifference. People with a variety of issues and problems came up to me, they will all be controlled, and the necessary decisions will be made. Despite the economic difficulties through which our country passes, we have all the possibilities for solving the tasks facing us,” the prime minister wrote on his page.

Prime Minister’s press secretary Natalya Timakova clarified that there are no decisions to cancel the second stage of indexation of pensions in 2016. Government Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said that the decision on additional indexation of pensions in 2016 will be made after July 1 following the results of the first half of the year.

According to the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Russia Maxim Topilin, the issue of re -prendexplantation of pensions is still being discussed. “No one has made no specific decisions in the spring or autumn session. There is still a dialogue, there is still discussion. The financial parameters of fees, contributions to the Pension Fund are evaluated,” Topilin emphasized.