Pension legislation in Russia will change. This was announced by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. In his opinion, it is already sufficient to conduct discussions at the expert level. It's time to move on to decisive and inevitable measures, including raising the retirement age. "Examination has already been quite serious about all these issues. So we, in general, are on the verge of starting to discuss this already at the legislative level, "the prime minister said in an interview with the TV channel" Russia-1 ". He recalled that the current period of retirement - at 55 years of age women and 60 men - was established back in the 1940s, when the average life expectancy was significantly lower. "Life, thank God, has changed. And this gives the necessary grounds for returning to this issue, "Medvedev said.. Specific figures on how much the pension plan will be removed, he did not name. But he stressed that all innovations should be considered and, first of all, working for society. However, it is possible that it will not be necessary to work on pension reform and receive the reaction of citizens to Medvedev. After the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin on May 7, the government led by the chairman will step down. What will the new Cabinet be, is not yet known. For raising the retirement age, the ex-Minister of Finance is actively acting, now the head of the Center for Strategic Research Alexey Kudrin. In the program presented to him, it is proposed to gradually increase the age qualification and bring it to 2034 g. up to 63 years for women and 65 years for men. "This will enable everyone, even in adulthood, to realize themselves in the profession and get a higher income in old age," - explained in the Kudrinsky center. However, experts see in this statement a fair amount of cunning.

"Increasing the retirement age for men and women up to 65 and 63 years, respectively, will help delay the retirement of tens of millions of citizens," comments Sergey Zvenigorodsky, Director for Development of the Solid Management Network. - Provided that the average life expectancy in our country is only 71.6 years, it will reduce the cost of maintaining an average citizen retired almost twice. The deficit of FIU funds will remain, but it will grow slower, "the expert explained in an interview with" The newspaper. RU ".