Such a sensitive issue for Russians requires wide public discussion and discussion, Vladimir Putin believes. He spoke about this during today's visit to the repair and equipping depot at the railway station "Moscow-Kievskaya", RIA Novosti reports.. "The question is not idle, not simple, very sensitive for a large number of our citizens. You know that we have not made a decision yet, there are discussions on this matter, "the president said.. He noted that supporters of raising the retirement age bracket convince that the postponement of this decision will negatively affect the incomes of current pensioners and will also affect the stability of the pension system, "because its incomes do not cover expenses, it is necessary to subsidize this system from the budget". In our country, the retirement age was fixed in the 1930s and has not changed since then, the head of state recalled.. He also drew attention to the recommendation of the International Labor Organization that retirement should be determined by the age at which a person loses his ability to work effectively. The President noted that life expectancy is growing in Russia, but still lags behind European indicators, which is what the opponents of increasing the retirement age pay attention to. A number of experts believe that raising the retirement age may have a negative impact on the labor market. "These are all these aspects - both social and medical - they need to be analyzed properly. And exactly, this decision can not be taken behind the scenes. It should be taken solely in the course of broad discussion with trade unions, and with the public, and, of course, at the expert level, "Putin summed up.

In recent months, the topic of a possible increase in the retirement age has been raised more than once. At the beginning of the year, the media reported that the government had already taken a principled decision on this issue. However, such rumors were denied by Cabinet members.

And recently, the ex-head of the Ministry of Finance, the head of the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) Alexei Kudrin in an interview with the newspaper Argumenty i Fakty frightened the Russians, saying that the government had run out of money to pay pensions to citizens of the country. These statements were denied by the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Olga Golodets. "This situation is absolutely untrue, all the money in the Pension Fund is. We have funds to fulfill all obligations, "she told reporters and added that the FIU is balanced and does not have any problems.