The working group on improving pension legislation will be a logical continuation of the public-parliamentary hearings held on Tuesday, August 21, in the State Duma. This was noted by the deputy chairman of the lower chamber for social issues Olga Timofeeva. She was appointed the head of the working group. Timofeeva suggested not to delay the beginning of the work and join the process today. According to her, the first consultations on the composition of the group were held.

It was decided that representatives of the government, the Accounts Chamber, each parliamentary faction, senators, experts from the Higher School of Economics, the Russian Academy of Science, members of trade unions, business communities, including the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs,. "We have a big plan and a layer of work," Timofeeva pointed out.. The first meeting of the working group will be held from August 30 to September 2. Amendments to the second reading of the government bill are accepted until September 24. The draft law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Appointment and Payment of Pensions" was submitted to the State Duma on June 16, July 19, the first reading took place.