Increasing the well-being of pensioners is the main objective of the new initiative, which must be considered with representatives of the EP of different parts of Russia. This opinion is shared by party members. In the regions, in turn, they have already studied the proposals voiced by Dmitry Medvedev and even supported them. As the secretary of the Voronezh branch Vladimir Netesov noted, the Cabinet announced the reform will be a phased and multilevel. "It is important that this process does not become shocking for people who are now on the threshold of retirement age," the party member said, emphasizing the urgency of this transformation. He recalled that the retirement age of our days was established more than 60 years ago. The states of the country of the Soviets long ago left this system. The exception is Russia and Uzbekistan "Economists explain the inevitability of this process by the high tax pressure on officially working citizens, as well as the increase in the life expectancy of the population," explained the Secretary of the Regiment. His opinion was expressed by the Ryazan representative Arkady Fomin. He believes that the prime minister's proposal will help fulfill the key task of the president, who during the Straight Line spoke about raising pensions. According to Fomin, the procedure for adopting the Federal Law should provide for broad discussion in the regions, so that proposals are taken into account in the final version of the new draft law. "Now more than half of Russians after reaching retirement age continue to work, remain active participants in economic life. We understand that one of the reasons for this is the size of pensions. Therefore, the main task of pension reform is to ensure that after completion of work, a person could maintain a standard of living, "concluded the Ryazan politician. He was supported by the secretary of the Tambov region Yevgeni Matushkin.

He agrees that the pension reform, first of all, should become a source of growth in the well-being of citizens. "The issue of raising the retirement age The government of our country was delaying long enough. And, of course, such a decision was made, based on serious reasons. Everyone understands that this measure is forced. The change in legislation was mainly influenced by the demographic situation, "Matushkin said, noting that more than 30% of the country's population is pensioners. He referred to experts who are sure that in the near future the Russians will not be young, that is, the number of pensioners will outweigh the number of able-bodied citizens. "That's why the country's president, Vladimir Putin, raised the birth rate and national economy among the priority tasks of the state policy. But we must understand that it will not be possible to increase the birth rate very rapidly in a geometric progression. And at the moment the country faces the task of development, it is important to ensure an increase in the standard of living of the population and, in particular, the growth of pensions higher than inflation, "stressed United Russia. Perfection of the pension system takes into account the interests of all social, professional and age groups of the population, assured the secretary from Krasnodar Nikolay Gritsenko. "It is noted that in this case it is not just about raising the retirement age, but about attracting the able-bodied population to the tasks of economic development, and, consequently, strengthening the system of social support. This will give an opportunity for elderly people to have a decent pension, "- said Gritsenko. At the same time, in his opinion, the transformations have nothing to do with shock therapy. "We are confident that the proposals made by our region in the large-scale program of social reforms proposed by the party's chairman, Dmitry Medvedev, will be taken into account,"? summed up Gritsenko. Today, on June 14, the Russian government, represented by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, proposed step-by-step raising the retirement age to 65 for men and 63 for women.