More and more there is evidence that the state is preparing to raise the retirement age.
That former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin called one of the main mistakes of his work in the government an increase in the retirement age, which he so did not dare.
That experts of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RASHiGS) will say that raising the retirement age will "save" 9 million pensioners.
The first word is more expensive than the second
True, before the election, the talk subsided, but some "young ministers" and government experts who had not yet mastered the rules of the "hardware game" said too much.
This week.
A few days before the election.
Here are a couple of examples.
1. "Starting in 2020, the pension reform is expected to start, which includes a gradual (six-yearly) increase in the retirement age," Vnesheconombank (VEB) experts predict.
But a day later the forecast disappeared from the site of experts.
2. In Moscow, the forum "Russia - a country of opportunities".
Authorities are discussing the issue of raising the retirement age, there are different options, said the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin at the forum.
"Raising the retirement age is possible, which is now being discussed - there are different proposals - does not directly affect the labor shortage that we have in the labor market, because if a person is active and healthy, in most cases he will not leave work even with the achievement of retirement age, "said Maxim Oreshkin.
The government is not a place for discussions
After the speech of other speakers, Maxim Oreshkin clarified that the issue in the government was not discussed, but only in society there are discussions.
Sad Statistics
According to data for 2017, the average life expectancy reached 72.6 years. According to the Federal State Statistics Service, 13.4 million people have reached the age of 70 years.
The proportion of elderly (women after 55, men after 60 years) has reached 25 percent, and by 2025 will be 28 percent (40 million people) of the population of Russia, according to Rosstat.
Now 9.5 million retirees are working.
The remaining elderly citizens can not work, because to retirement age only 71.8% of men and 70.4% of women remain completely independent from outside help.
That's it.
Retirement age will increase - half-sick elderly citizens "will be covered with a sheet and will crawl to work"?
Just do not forget - "the only source of power in the Russian Federation is its multinational people" (Article 3 of the Constitution of Russia).