Well, finally found the reason why in 2016 will not be a second indexation of pensions: Britain is to blame!
Don’t believe? In vain: the Deputy Minister of Finance Ayrat Farrakhov said exactly that. They say that the results of the referendum in the UK on the country’s withdrawal from the EU increased volatility in the markets” and it “will affect deindexation of pensions in Russia in the current year.”
Officials immediately supported the United Russia party: the head of the Duma Committee for labor and social policy Olga batalina said that the “United Russia” will insist on increase of pensions in accordance with actual inflation in the current year. Here in 2017 — is necessary. And now will not…
The law obliges to index pensions to inflation.
But in the beginning of 2016 at the insistence of the government pension (with 13 percent inflation for 2015) was increased by only 4%. With the promise that in the second half of the year will spend one more indexation.
The same batalina, I remember, in October of 2015 announced that pensions in Russia next year will be raised twice, in February and in the fall.
And now he changed his mind. Britain prevented, you know…
However, it appears that the reason not in the UK.
And not the lack of money: they are “security forces” and the Crimea, on huge salaries and special pensions of officials.
The reason is the lack of conscience of those who want to save on pensioners.
Don’t forget about it when comes to the elections.
