Amendments to the law on transferring illegally received money to the Pension Fund are necessary to synchronize the norms of the Budget and Civil Codes. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance.

“The Civil Code is now being amended to clarify that, in established cases, not only property can be confiscated, in respect of which, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on combating corruption, no evidence has been presented confirming the acquisition of property with legitimate income, but also money - in the case of lack of evidence of the legality of their receipt, "- cites the text of the TASS message.

As noted in the Ministry of Finance, the bill has already been prepared and submitted to the government. The changes may take effect before the end of the year.

“In this regard, we need corresponding changes to the Budget Code, which are being developed by the Ministry of Finance. In fact, this is a technical revision in order to synchronize the norms with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, ”the ministry explained.

As a reminder, since 2019, all funds confiscated under “corruption” articles go to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. As Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said during his report to the Federation Council, in 2019, according to the statements of prosecutors, the courts collected property from corrupt officials in the amount of about 21.4 billion rubles. The largest number of corruption cases was revealed in Mordovia, Chuvashia, Arkhangelsk, Bryansk, Magadan, Novgorod, Orenburg, Saratov, Tyumen regions and Kamchatka.

At the same time, according to Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseyev, this year the amount of funds withdrawn within the framework of corruption cases is already about 20 billion rubles.

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Earlier, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Ministry of Finance proposed amendments to the Budget Code, which propose to transfer to the Pension Fund of Russia funds of citizens, the legality of receipt of which cannot be proven.

In March, the Ministry of Finance offered to confiscate currency illegally withdrawn from Russia, as well as transfers to non-residents using forged documents.

"Rational step"

Elena Bibikova, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, reacted positively to the initiative of the Ministry of Finance.

“We know that the budget of the Pension Fund is subsidized, it will not hurt in any case. Therefore, legally, these funds will be confiscated and transferred to the budget of the fund for the payment of pensions. Of course, of course, I assess it positively (these amendments . - RT ), "the senator explained in an interview with RT.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Vladimir Gutenev also noted that the PFR is actively receiving subsidies from the state.

“I don't have any excessive expectations that something will radically change, but on the whole, this is quite such a rational, reasonable step. I am sure this is the move that will be clear to the population of our country, and I think that nothing but positive emotions will not cause anything, ”the parliamentarian explained.

In turn, the director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Alexey Zubets, also drew attention to the deficit of the Russian Pension Fund.

“The story is very simple, there are no special pitfalls. Therefore, this is a technical measure that will simply send the received money related to the confiscation of funds to the Pension Fund, bypassing the government. The logistics of the cash flow changes slightly. Somehow, it will not be possible to fundamentally solve the problem of the lack of funds in the Pension Fund. And from a technical point of view, why not? You can send money directly, bypassing the budget, ”Zubets said on the air of Sputnik radio. 

Note that on Tuesday, July 28, the Ministry of Labor issued a report on the Pension Fund of Russia. The Ministry of Labor promised that the growth of real pensions in the Russian Federation will be ensured until 2024 - the indexation of payments will exceed the level of expected inflation. At the same time, in the future, the pensions of non-working pensioners will have to grow depending on the budget revenues of the Pension Fund of Russia.

"Which means not only the preservation, but also the growth of pensions of current and future pensioners," the Ministry of Labor said.