On Tuesday, August 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two decrees - "on a lump sum payment to certain categories of citizens receiving a pension" and "on a lump sum payment to citizens receiving a pension."
The first document refers to persons who have served in "military service, service in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, the bodies for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penal system, the National Guard troops, and enforcement bodies."
In the second - about those who are recipients of pensions in Russia as of August 31, 2021.
The lump sum payment must be made in September 2021, if this has not happened, it can be made later.
"From the amount of a lump sum payment, deductions based on executive documents, decisions of bodies carrying out pension provision, court decisions on the collection of pensions and other social payments due to abuses by a pensioner, established in court, are not made," says both documents.
“As a direct help, it is necessary to provide a one-time payment of ten thousand rubles to pensioners and thereby additionally support people who today are having a difficult psychological, material, and everyday life because of the burden associated with the epidemic,” Vladimir Putin said during speeches at the United Russia congress.
According to him, this category of citizens had a lot of unplanned expenses for medicines and protective equipment.
“I would like to emphasize that the payment in the amount of ten thousand rubles will be paid to all pensioners.
Both working and non-working, and military pensioners receiving pensions through the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and through other departments.
It is necessary to organize such a payment as quickly as possible.
The main thing is that people themselves should be spared from the hassle, from collecting any kind of information.
I will ask the government and deputies from United Russia to make all the necessary technical and regulatory decisions for this, ”the president emphasized.
The head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, Yaroslav Nilov, supported the president's actions on a one-time payment to pensioners.
"I strongly support any additional payments to pensioners, but it is necessary to continue the implementation of the issue of returning the indexation of pensions to working pensioners," the parliamentarian said in an interview with RT.
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The measure taken will become part of a package of measures to support various social groups of the population, added economist, teacher at RANEPA Vladislav Ginko.
“It is noted abroad that our economy has returned to 2019 in terms of key parameters.
And this measure of support that we are talking about is a response to the demand for a socially oriented economic policy.
That is, this is not a one-time step, it is, in general, a policy aimed at supporting the population, "said the interlocutor of RT.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Social Development of the Moscow Region, more than 2 million pensioners will receive the "presidential" payment in the region.
According to Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Region Government Irina Kaklyugina, no applications need to be submitted, the payment will be received automatically.
According to the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, no new additional payments to other categories of citizens of the Russian Federation are currently planned.
“On Sunday, it was about all pensioners, about military pensioners from various departments of the power bloc.
We are not talking about other categories now, - said Peskov.
- Let's not forget about the payments that have just passed for a large category of citizens, meaning citizens with children in different configurations.
It is very important".
Since July 1, in Russia, women who are registered in the early stages of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks) and are in a difficult financial situation (the average per capita income of their families cannot exceed the subsistence level per capita in the region), not a one-time, but a monthly allowance.
Its size will be 50% of the subsistence level in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.
Also, from that day, payments began to families with children aged 8 to 17 who found themselves in a difficult financial situation (their average per capita income does not exceed the subsistence level per capita in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation).
At the same time, from August 2, the PFR began to accrue lump sum payments in the amount of 10 thousand rubles for each child in families with children from six to 18 years old, as well as to people with disabilities and persons with disabilities aged 18 to 23 years old, studying in basic educational programs.
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At the same time, the Kremlin emphasized that the allocation of budgetary funds for these payments would not lead to an increase in taxes in Russia.
“Of course, such announcements are preceded by very serious work so that what you say does not happen.
In this case, the balance of the budget and all expenditures is, of course, very important, and this is an absolute constant for the cabinet of ministers, ”said the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
As the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council committee on social policy, Valery Ryazansky, explained, about 500 billion rubles will be needed for these purposes, since there are about 40 million pensioners receiving insurance pensions in Russia, about 3.5 million people receiving social pensions, plus military pensioners (1 , 5 million - 2 million people).
"If the president makes such proposals, then it is quite natural that they were all seriously discussed in the government, for sure, these funds have already been pledged," the senator explained.