Medvedev: 5 thousand rubles better than "smeared" indexation

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called the Government’s decision to replace the second indexation of pensions in 2016 by a lump-sum payment in the amount of 5 thousand rubles. As TASS reports , the official made such a statement at a meeting with pensioners in Lipetsk.

“Indexing is not at all huge, we understand this,” Medvedev said. “But still, in my opinion, it is better when under these conditions there is such a unanimous payment, which can be bought for the holiday, something else is smeared with a thin layer and is not felt at all.”

Meanwhile, economists cited other calculations. In particular, the State Duma deputy Oksana Dmitrieva noticed Radio Freedom on August 24 that in 2015 inflation was 15 percent, while pensions were indexed only by 4 percent. Thus, to compensate for inflation, it is necessary to index for another 10-11 percent. The average pension in Russia is now 12 thousand rubles, Dmitrieva continued. If you index it by 10 percent, then pensioners would receive 1200 rubles in addition to a month, and for a year - 14,400 rubles, that is, almost three times more than the amount of one -time compensation established by the government.

Medvedev announced the decision to replace the second indexation by a single payment on August 23 . The official added money, pensioners will receive in January 2017. Then the prime minister assured that from January 1, the government will return to the complete indexation of pensions to the inflation rate.

Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets on August 25 confirmed these words of her boss. From the New Year, she promised, the “legal procedure” of indexing pensions will be restored .