Russia Announces Civil Service Retirement Age From 2017

According to the newly signed bill, Russia eventually extended the retirement age of male public servants from 60 to 65 years, and the retirement age of female public servants from 55 years to 63 years old.

According to reports, Russian President Putin signed a bill to extend the retirement age of public servants in May 23rd, which will take effect from January 1, 2017.

According to the Russian President's official website, the signing of the bill is entitled "revision of the retirement age for certain categories of citizens in certain laws of the Federal Republic of Russia", which stipulates that the retirement age of federal and municipal civil servants will be gradually extended by the way of 6 months extension each year, and eventually the male retirement age will be extended from 60 to 65 years old.

From 55 to 63, it is expected to be implemented from 2017 to 2032.

During this period, the government will extend the postponement of retirement to all Russian citizens, including workers, as appropriate.

This gradual way of "small walk" helps people gradually adapt to the policy of delaying retirement.

Under the newly signed bill, public servants who enjoy the national civil service pensions will be raised from 15 years to 20 years, that is, they must work for 20 years before they can receive pensions.

Russian Labor and social security minister Topilin pointed out that extending the retirement age of public servants can save about 620 million roubles (about US $9 million 275 thousand) for the Russian federal budget in 2017.

According to foreign media reports, Russia's oil price fell by 2% in the first quarter of this year due to oil price collapse, rouble depreciation and Western sanctions imposed on Ukraine.

With the increasing financial embarrassment of the state, the Russian government began to consider postponing the retirement age.

The proposal to extend the retirement age of civil servants was proposed last year by traftany, a member of the United Russia party.

He pointed out that the average life expectancy of the Russian people is rising, and the existing regulations make many people have to terminate their work when they are in the prime of life.

"When people stay away from retirement for a long time, they will regard continuous work as their goal in life."

Since 1932, the statutory retirement age for Russia has been set at 60 for men and 55 for women.

In addition, about 1/3 of the special population can retire early, including mothers with 5 or more children, workers in high-risk industries, and residents living near the Arctic circle.

At the same time, the average life expectancy in Russia has been extended to 76 years for women and 65 years for men. The burden of the Russian government's pension is heavier and heavier. At present, 10 workers are supporting 6 retirees, but the age of Russia is still higher.

At a rate of 400 thousand a year, 6 workers will support 10 retirees by 2030.

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Aggravated, Putin had to try to put off the retirement age.

International agencies such as the OECD and the world bank have repeatedly called on Russia to reform the retirement system, because the pension system in Russia has a huge burden on the national finances and is not conducive to boosting the economy.

Statistics show that in 2016 Russia's pension expenditure will account for 3% of GDP and close to US $50 billion.

Under the background of economic weakness, the source of funds is worrying.

At present, there are about 42 million retirees in Russia, and 14 million of them are still working in the way of retirement.

These re employed personnel can receive the corresponding wages while they receive their pension, some of them have higher overall income even before retirement.

Traftpenic warned that if the number of retired retirees accounted for half of the total number of retirees, the Russian finance would face a crisis of inability to pay pensions.

In this regard, Russian finance minister Si Lou Anoff admitted that the faster the delay in solving the problem of retirement, the more conducive to the economy and finance.

Baer Geer, director of the Far East Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the media in an interview that extending the retirement age can effectively alleviate the shortage of labor force, and this is also the trend of the times in the continuous improvement of life expectancy. Belarus's successful practice on this issue has corroborated this point.

Baer Geer emphasized that public servants working in the state organs for a long time have rich work experience. Postponing retirement is also conducive to retaining professional and technical personnel. The savings can also be used to raise the overall pension level, and dividends from retirement reform will benefit all the people.

However, an independent poll released last month showed that 79% men and 81% women were opposed to postponing the retirement age.