Russia (bbabo.net) - The good news regarding military pensioners and their families came on Friday from the State Duma. Andrey Kartapolov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, said that monthly payments to retirees this year will definitely be increased.

The deputy confirmed that the bill prepared by the Russian government on behalf of President Vladimir Putin to increase military pensions by 8.6 percent and recalculate them from January 1, 2022 has already been submitted to the lower house of parliament. "It will be considered and adopted on a priority basis. For this, in turn, the State Duma Committee on Defense will carry out all the necessary procedures as soon as possible. We clearly understand that this issue is urgent, and military pensioners should receive their payments in an increased amount," Kartapolov said, the deputy's office noted.

He also said that the deputies, together with the government, did a lot of serious work on another military pension issue. "As a result, we have achieved an increase in the so-called "reducing factor". From October 1, 2022, it will be 77.41 percent," the deputy said. Kartapolov added that the State Duma Defense Committee would continue to work on further increasing military pensions and improving the social security of retirees and their families.

From the financial and economic justification for the bill, it is known that additional budgetary expenses related to the growth of military pensions in 2022-2024 will amount to 154.3 billion rubles. This year it is planned to spend 63.4 billion rubles on this. In 2023 - 42.5 billion rubles, and in 2024 - 48.4 billion.

A mechanism has also been developed to increase such charges. First, a monthly supplement of 8.6 percent of the assigned pension will be established. It will be charged from January 1 to October 1 of this year. Then, as it was supposed earlier, military pensions will increase by 4 percent from October 1. This will happen simultaneously with a 4 percent indexation of the monetary allowance of military personnel.

The next step will be an increase in military pension payments in two "streams". For those retirees who parted with shoulder straps before 2012 and after a serious increase in monetary allowance in the army fell under the so-called "reducing factor", the share of monetary allowance taken into account when calculating military pensions will be raised from the current 74 to 77.41 percent. And retirees-veterans will establish a monthly supplement to the pension in the amount of 4.6 percent.

As a result, all categories of military pensioners will receive an 8.6 percent increase in pensions throughout 2022.

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