Navalny announced the All -Russian action against pension reform on July 1

The leader of the Russian Future party, Alexei Navalny, announced the All -Russian action against pension reform on July 1. He placed the corresponding post on his Instagram.

On Monday, Navalny said, notifications of the action were filed in 20 cities of Russia. “So far,” he explained, “only in those cities where the World Cup does not pass, accordingly, the standard procedure for filing such notifications has been preserved there.” Thus, no shares in Moscow and St. Petersburg are not announced.

“Let's honestly say: raising the retirement age started by Putin and Medvedev is a real crime,” the politician emphasized. “The usual robbery of several tens of millions of people under the guise of“ urgent reform ”.

“This is a national and nationwide protest,” he concluded. “We don’t care who you voted yesterday. Come outside now, otherwise you will not survive until retirement tomorrow.”

The details of the planned pension reform were outlined on June 14 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev . It is supposed to increase the retirement age in several stages starting on January 1, 2019. By 2028, the retirement age for men will be increased to 65 years, by 2034, the retirement age for women will be increased to 63 years.

The age of the appointment of social pensions for citizens who have not developed official seniority for women will be increased from 60 to 68 years, for men - from 65 to 70 years.

The age of retirement of teachers, doctors and creative workers will be increased by eight years. For citizens working in the Far North and in areas equated with the Far North areas, the retirement age will be established equal to 60 years for men and 58 years for women. This measure will not affect people working in difficult conditions, in particular miners and railway workers.

Pension reform, assured Medvedev, will not affect citizens receiving insurance pensions. These are in particular women, raising a disabled child under the age of 8 years old, a mother of five or more children, disabled people of group I in vision.

According to the prime minister, the reform will increase the amount of payments to current pensioners by almost 1000 rubles per year.

Two days later, the media reported that the Kremlin fears protests against the planned changes and is ready to soften individual reform parameters. In particular, the possibility of reducing the retirement age and increase the transition period in which changes will be implemented is considered.