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Russia announces increase in several types of pensions in 2025
Russia has announced that it will increase several types of pensions in 2025.
Deputy Director Bessarab: From January 1, insurance pensions in the Russian Federation will increase by 7.3%.
From January 1, insurance pensions in Russia will increase by 7.3%, said Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs. In a conversation with Lenta.ru, the deputy spoke about the expected increase in other social payments in 2025.
"We are going through very serious changes. The budget is socially oriented. Despite Western sanctions, despite certain economic difficulties caused by numerous bans and pressure on the Russian Federation, today our economy ranks fourth in the world and allows us to increase social security at the level of budget increases. And there are advantages," Bessarab noted.
The deputy director reported that all social guarantees and benefits for families with children will also be increased.
"In connection with the growth of the cost of living for children in the region, social payments for this indicator will also increase. As is known, if benefits are received by women in the first trimester of pregnancy, registered with the state and in need of state support, then the coverage of children or healthy people in this area is from 50 to 100% of the standard of living. Support Maternal Family Capital from February 1 will increase by 7.3%," he said.
In addition, according to Bessarab, a number of social guarantees, legislatively adopted at the State Duma session last spring, will be implemented.
"For example, disabled people of group I and over 80 years of age are assigned compensation in the amount of 1,200 rubles in advance. "It will be added to the recipient's pension and will now be indexed as part of the pension from 2026," he added.
Social pensions will also increase by 14.73% from April 1, the deputy said.
"One-time payments to all categories of recipients have been indexed. That is, in addition to the fact that all items of the social budget have been increased, additional payments and additional benefits have already been accrued to the budget and the corresponding funds have already been allocated. Therefore, all obligations assumed by the state will be fulfilled on time and in full," she said.
Earlier, Bessarab reported that maternity capital for a second child in 2026 will exceed 1 million rubles, and payments for the first child may increase to 1 million rubles within 5 years. According to her, any increase in the size of benefits always occurs at least below the inflation rate. At the same time, maternity capital is precisely indexed in accordance with actual, not predicted interests.