She noted that the pensioner earned such an amount on insurance premiums and receives it on a common basis.

It is noted that the average amount of pension payments in the region is 13,813 rubles.

“This pension, according to representatives of the department, should break the stereotypes of skeptics regarding their retirement future for the region’s residents,” writes the Superomsk portal.

Earlier, the Ministry of Labor announced the indexation of social pensions by 6.1% from April 1, 2020.

The deputy chairman of the committee, the Federation Council on Social Policy, Elena Bibikova, in an interview with the Parliamentary Newspaper, named the reasons for lowering or raising the pension.