In Russia, the authorities may replace the second indexation of pensions in 2016 with one-time payments from the federal budget, the publication reported "Vedomosti". /website/

According to the publication's sources, the decision to replace the second indexation of pensions with one-time payments will be made by the end of August by Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. Sources said that the authorities are aware of the need to index pensions before the Duma elections, but these actions threaten to completely “unbalance” the financial system.

As a compromise, instead of the second indexation of pensions, the authorities can use one-time payments directly from the state budget, bypassing the Pension Fund. This will allow you to save on interest charged for transferring money from the budget to the Pension Fund. We are talking about an amount of 137 billion rubles, which is intended for the second indexation of pensions by 8.56% from September 1. Earlier, Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Labor to find this amount for indexation. The Ministry of Labor refused to comment to reporters on the current situation.

First indexation of pensions and social benefits

First indexation of pensions non-working pensioners by 4% since February 1st. The government's social block insisted on re-indexing pensions in 2016 to the level of inflation, which reached 12.9% in 2015.

Pensions were not indexed for working pensioners. The authorities promised to hold it after the completion of their work. At the same time, the increase in the size of the pension will take into account all past indexations during the period of their work. Working pensioners are able to compensate for inflation wages, stated the Ministry of Labor.

From February 1st increased by 7% social payments, monthly cash payments, children's social benefits at the federal level. However maternity capital this indexing did not affect.

In June, the Ministry of Economic Development reported that there was no money in the budget to re-index pensions. Dmitry Medvedev called the lack of money to re-index pensions a temporary measure. He expressed hope that the indexation of pensions will take place in 2017, “if all the conditions for this are in place.”

In February 2017, the planned indexation of pensions was supposed to take place.

The procedure for indexing pensions in 2016 differs significantly from the similar procedure carried out in previous years.

If in 2015 insurance pensions were indexed to the amount of real inflation, then in 2016, from February 1, pensions were indexed to a target of 4%, and only for non-working pensioners.

In addition, Federal Law No. 385-FZ of December 29, 2015, which describes, among other things, the parameters of pension indexation in 2016, provides for additional indexation of pensions in the second half of 2016.

The amount of indexation will be established by a separate federal law. The pre-indexation of pensions, as well as the indexation on February 1, will not affect working pensioners. The second indexation will be carried out “taking into account the situation in the economy and social sphere" Considering that the economic situation in the country, to put it mildly, has not improved, the fact of the second indexation is in question.

So will there be a second indexation of pensions in 2016?

The Russian government is divided into two camps expressing diametrically opposed opinions on this issue. The social bloc, led by Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, insists that the collection of pension contributions and the execution of the Pension Fund budget will allow pensions to increase in line with inflation. Considering that inflation at the end of last year was 12.9%, for the second time in 2016 pensions should be indexed by approximately 8.9%.

Labor Minister Maxim Topilin fully supports the Deputy Prime Minister on this issue. On April 8, speaking at an extended meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Labor, he announced that based on the results of the execution of the Pension Fund budget in the first half of the year, the issue of full indexation of pensions would be resolved. “Let's look at the situation. We have normal budget execution Pension Fund. We are making collections actually in accordance with the budget. We need to see what happens at the end of the six months,” the minister said.

The economic bloc of the government is opposed to the second indexation. The head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov and the Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev have repeatedly stated the impossibility of indexing pensions to the level of inflation. In their opinion, the treasury simply does not have enough funds for these purposes.

When will the second indexation take place in 2016?

“The law clearly states that the issue of re-indexation of pensions should be resolved based on the results of the first half of the year. No one made any specific decisions about when this would happen in the spring or autumn session,” said the head of the Ministry of Labor, Maxim Topilin, on May 25.

Considering that the old composition of the Duma did not make the corresponding decision on indexation during the spring session, this issue will be considered only in the fall, and it will be considered by the new composition of the Duma. Let us remind you that the State Duma elections are scheduled for September 18, 2016.

If the issue of pre-indexation is resolved positively, it will be carried out only in November. This is the most likely development of events. The fact is that the full indexation of pensions, starting in September, requires 130 billion rubles. Meanwhile, indexation from November will allow the government to significantly “save” on pensioners: additional money will be required from the budget only for two months instead of four.

However, another scenario is also possible - if the ratings of United Russia go down catastrophically in September, the only salvation for it will be a decision on speedy indexation. Pre-indexation of pensions is Medvedev’s strongest trump card in the run-up to the elections.

Second indexation or one-time payment?

Information has repeatedly been leaked to the press that the White House is considering the possibility of a one-time payment as one of the options. additional pension» in the summer of 2016 without changing the scope of pension rights.

The existence of the option of replacing indexation with a one-time payment was confirmed by Labor Minister Topilin. “This decision has not yet been made... This issue has not been resolved,” the minister said, commenting on information that appeared in the media about a possible lump sum payment instead of indexing.