The Federation Council agreed with the proposal to provide deputies and senators with the opportunity to voluntarily refuse from their retirement allowances. The draft federal law "On Amendments to Articles 2 and 29 of the Federal Law" On the Status of a Member of the Council of Federation and the Status of a State Duma Deputy "was approved by 147 of 149 senators. This initiative was first announced on August 20 at a joint meeting of the United Russia General Council and the council of the party’s faction leaders by the Secretary of the United Russia General Council, Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak. The proposal was supported by party members unanimously.. In October, the corresponding bill was passed in the State Duma. “The main factor behind this initiative was the public request to change the mechanism for applying social guarantees established for federal parliamentarians, and in its justification it repels ideas of social justice and social solidarity,” said Turchak, presenting the bill in the upper house.. He explained that changing pension legislation is a sensitive issue for all Russians.. "We had no right to count on the understanding and support of citizens on the issues of the ongoing pension reform, if these changes did not affect us. For citizens, the principle of justice is always at the forefront ", - said Turchak. The adopted law gives the right to members of the Federation Council and the State Duma to refuse from the monthly supplement to the established pension.. If a parliamentarian writes such a statement, he will not be able to change the decision later..

Earlier, some deputies and senators from the United Russia party announced their intention to abandon the required pension supplements.. Among them are Andrei Turchak, Rauf Arashukov, Evgeny Revenko, Sergey Boyarsky, Vyacheslav Volodin, Svetlana Zhurova, Irina Rodnina, Alena Arshinova, Alexander Gribov, Nikolay Valuev, Olga Okuneva, Dmitry Morozov, Vitaly Milonov, Sergey Ten, Mikhail Terentiev, Artem Turov , Artur Taymazov, Alexander Karelin, Maxim Surayev, Andrey Baryshev, Victor Vodolatsky and others.