From the revised version of the "Forecast for Russia's Economic Development for 2018-2021", the reference to the inevitable increase in the retirement age disappeared. Before, VEB experts stated that the reform should start in 2020. The desired boundary was proposed to be postponed for a year every six months.

However, after some thought, experts decided not to irritate the Russians ahead of time. "We calculate the various options for implementing the pension reform. However, all options are beginning to be implemented not before 2020. and can not influence the economic forecast in the medium term. Therefore, we corrected the commentary to our forecast until 2021 g. , removing the mention of the change in retirement age, "explained RNS at the Institute for Research and Expertise of Vnesheconombank, whose specialists prepared a document. Actually, the initial version of the report VEB hung on the site of the institution less than a day. The unrest in the society, which he called, forced the experts to quickly remove the document from public access.

"Recalled for revision. Not all sections of the report have been finalized and fully verified, "- so they told RNS at the Institute. It is not excluded that the authors of the macro forecast were influenced by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. In his message to the Federal Assembly, he pointed to the need to index pensions ahead of inflation. This option was not considered by VEB experts. Now they will prepare a new scenario with both pensions and with age.