Interest to the event was shown by deputies, ministers, trade union leaders, experts, activists and all not indifferent Russians. Online broadcasting of parliamentary-public hearings was watched by more than 500 thousand people. Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin called the issue of changing the pension legislation extremely important and responsible. The discussion was open, he noted.. On behalf of the government, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin promised that the increase in pensions is guaranteed - this will be fixed legally. The calculations will be transparent, everyone will reflect "on paper," he said.. Increase rates of insurance contributions to the Pension Fund Topilin considers incorrect. Such a decision threatens the Russian economy's withdrawal to the informal sector, the minister said.. Decisions on fixed contributions, which were made in the spring, make it possible to balance. And the budget of the Pension Fund of Russia including, emphasized Topilin. "In today's demographic situation, the issues that I mentioned will arise in front of any government of any ideological orientation. Such a decision would have to be taken by any government that is in power today, because of the economic realities that I mentioned today, "Alexei Kudrin, head of the Accounting Chamber,. You can argue about the timing and mechanisms, as well as other forms of social support, he said.. Against the pension referendum, the chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov. Raising the question of retirement age in a referendum is wrong. The question for the plebiscite is too thin, he said. The development of the pension system should be considered in a complex. This is too complicated a topic to break it into separate fragments. Earlier, the General Council of United Russia during a joint meeting with the Council of the leaders of the factions made a proposal to abandon the pension preferences for members of the Federation Council and State Duma deputies. It was also proposed to maintain the measures of social support in the regions for men who have reached the age of 60 and women who have reached 55. In addition, a proposal was made to send the money confiscated from the bribe takers to the budget of the FIU and to assign to the insured persons - men who reached the age of 60 and women who had reached the age of 55 - a funded pension. In the current state programs, United Russia proposed to include additional measures to improve the skills of Russians of pre-retirement age.

It is also necessary to provide for an early fixation of the old-age insurance pension to those whose length of service is at least 42 and 37 years (men and women, respectively) and to keep for the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North the current conditions for assigning pensions. Such steps are aimed at mitigating the pension reform, the party of power. Meanwhile, it is impossible to completely reject it. This conclusion was reached by almost all participants of today's hearings. If we postpone this question, "it can happen irreparable, big problems will arise". Consider it necessary, said Vyacheslav Volodin, summing up the event, wrote "Political Science". However, there are several opinions on this issue, he acknowledged. Political analyst Anton Hashchenko in the commentary Politunalitike noted that the tasks of fully agreeing to the participants of the present hearings were not standing: The main task of the hearings he called the translation of the discussion into the regime of specifics from the emotional state. From this position the participants of the event coped with it, he stressed.. There are no people in power who like pension reform, the political scientist said.. However, there is no alternative solution to this problem. If it existed, it would be treated with pleasure. Despite the fact that there is no alternative, there are many amendments that need to be considered. At the same time, they require a financial justification. "Moreover, I suspect that this will be the subject of consideration of a whole package of bills at once, and not just the initiative that was introduced by the government," he said.. To discuss the pension reform, the format of parliamentary hearings, used by the State Duma,. Another platform for such a conversation is difficult to imagine. Alexander Pozhalov, Director of Research at the ISEPI Foundation, noted that the organizers had to solve several different tasks at once: - On the one hand, much attention was paid to persuading the audience of the fidelity of the very concept of the law. It was not for nothing that Volodin asked everyone to answer meaningfully:.

"Did the government have an alternative to this initiative, is it possible to cope with pension challenges differently?" Apparently, this was the consequence of a chaotic discussion of the draft law at the initial stage. Instead of discussing the financial risks of the entire system, the government decided to follow the path of aggressive direct advertising and only demographic arguments. "Regions and the party of power before the first reading almost broke through the knee so that the government bill is not criticized and no special amendments were proposed," says Pozhalov. The government withdrew from the financial arguments of the reform and at today's hearings, he noted.. For the Cabinet all clear calculations offered Alexei Kudrin. It was to be expected. Minister of Labor Topilin on the basis of hardware rules can not report for the leadership of the financial and economic block. On the other hand, the task of the hearings was to work out a request for an adjustment in the second reading of that particular scheme for raising the retirement age, which all the content speakers valued as rigid. And since the government keeps secret the detailed financial justification for this particular formula, this request for an adjustment may only be received one month or another after one month. The package of requests for amendments to the very scheme of raising the age really sounded. However, it is surprising to me that the suggestions of "systemic liberal economists" (conditional ideological leaders of a non-existent right-wing party) and not "United Russia" turned out to be much more social and mitigating public distrust of the bill,. The party did not touch upon the main parameters for raising the age. Excluding the statistically insignificant for Russians before 1967. the idea of ??paying the cumulative part of the pension ahead of schedule. They took up only a package of auxiliary social improvements. Beyond the actual bill from the "systemic liberals" there were also more expected from the EP or leftist ideas: the introduction of an increased personal income tax of 20% for the "rich"; Anti-migration measures for skilled jobs requiring intellectual work; non-financial programs of social support of people 80+ and so on. It is noteworthy that the proposals were put forward by people and institutions that prepare budgetary and financial calculations for the government. However, the hearing did not turn into a street rally and a race for populist ideas. Even the "United Russia" did not particularly advertise the abolition of subsidies to parliamentarians for pensions and the redistribution of "corrupt" rent in the FIU. In this respect, the hearings were not so bright and emotional, not meeting, as for renovation. The organizers of the event should be thanked for the word given to representatives of expert institutions. So says political technologist Dmitry Fetisov. Thus, the hearing can be called expert. - The head of the Accounting Chamber has shown that he is ready not to hide (like many politicians) from this unpopular topic. Actively worked on it, it was evident in his speech. Moreover, I prepared myself so that it all looked clearly - I provided graphics. Speech Kudrin, he called one of the most powerful in the past hearing. It is impossible not to pay attention to the effectiveness of the State Duma, as a single platform for discussions. The experience of the seventh convocation plays a role here, in which parliamentary hearings became a common practice - these are heavy hearings on renovation, and on defrauded co-investors ... The head of the political expert group, political strategist Konstantin Kalachev in his commentary Politnalitike, in turn, pointed to the effectiveness of the Duma platform: - Today was a coalition in support of the reform was demonstrated - employers, representatives of civil society, leading economists, the EP party, legislators and the government - all for the concept. It remains to discuss the details. Participants in the hearings stressed that the details were being. There is another month for this. "I would say that the speech of the Minister of Labor and Social Policy Topilin apparently had to prove that the main thing in the reform is the concern about the sustainability of the pension system as a pledge of fulfilling obligations to pensioners (and the government is ready to assume additional obligations to raise pensions). There were not enough representatives of the financial and economic bloc, who were supposed to show figures showing Kudrin in their place with numbers, "says Kalachev. He called the performance of Topilin not particularly strong. Caring for people sounds to the masses not so convincingly as words about risks and threats. But the composition of the participants was representative. Kalachev particularly noted the speech of Sergei Neverov, who looked convincing. "I will not criticize the parliamentary opposition. I can only envy the ability of Vladimir Zhirinovskycapitalize the flow of his consciousness and note that Gennady Zyuganov is still in good shape, although the character of his performances has not changed for many years, "he stressed.. He also spoke about the speech of Sergei Mironov, who proposed to create a working group. "The Socialist-Revolutionaries have no inflexibility: on the one hand, they reject reform in today's form, and on the other - are ready to discuss the details. Moderation of speeches and organization of hearings deserve special praise. Everything was democratic, "he said.. "United Russia" should assume the role of "the voice of reform, agitation and propaganda," Kalachev said.. The reform should be promoted by the United Russia, given the large number of parties and the number of deputies. Now, when the system of arguments is developed. The State Duma assumed political responsibility in the matter of pension reform. This opinion was expressed by the Director General of the Center for Political Information Alexei Mukhin. - A working group has been formed, which will carry out communication between civil society and the deputy corps on this topic. A variety of views were expressed on pension reform and many wishes were expressed that it should be adjusted. It is clear that a month before the second hearings and now the work is to drop into profile and executive committees. There, these requirements will, in one way or another, change the "physiognomy" of the bill itself. In fact, we are talking about a normal, healthy interaction between legislators and voters, "he said.. Mukhin wondered in a conversation with the publication. Why, if the bill is so important for the Cabinet, it represents Topilin, not the head of the government Dmitry Medvedev. It seems that the cabinet wants to distance itself from this bill. And it's strange, considering that he initiated it. The opponents of the pension reform have fewer arguments than its supporters. To this conclusion after the hearing came the political scientist Abbas Gallami-But does this mean that the supporters of the reform will necessarily win in the struggle for public opinion? - Is not a fact! Because they operate on macroeconomic categories - they talk about the budget, the deficit, the labor markets, about such large-scale things. They do not operate at the level of an ordinary person at all, "he said.. Gallyamov noted Zyuganov's speech, calling him the only one who demonstrated the ability to speak in this logic. "He spoke precisely from the standpoint of a simple man, who was deprived of the income for which he counted. And all these macroeconomic decompositions do not interest him. The majority of voters in our country assess the situation exactly in this plane, much more emotional, "said the political scientist.. Despite the victory of supporters of pension reform at these hearings at a rational level, the final triumph is not yet promising, he says.. The result of the hearings was the willingness of the authorities for a dialogue, which she showed at this event. "But you can not solve the problem with one of the hearings, there should be a mass of such events. Physically there should be a lot of them so that this view prevails, because in general we have a common stereotype that the authorities do not hear, and you can not interrupt one hearing, "the political scientist said..

The fact that Topilina was delegated to the hearings speaks of Medvedev's reluctance to associate with this reform. And Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov does not want this either.. "Found the most harmless and sent him to sweat. If he is the face of reform, well, let there be a person who does not feel sorry for the technical figure. But the State Duma has demonstrated a desire to take responsibility.

Government - hiding, DG - no. And this is plus our parliament, "he concluded..