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The military will increase the service life to 25 years. Media learned about a possible increase in the length of service for military pensions

From the beginning of next year 2018, a new law will be in force throughout the Russian Federation to increase the length of service for military personnel for up to 25 years. The Ministry of Defense decided to raise the length of service by 5 years compared to this year.

To the law "On pensions for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, and their families "will also make amendments regarding the correlation of receiving finances from the service of the state. The government considered that in this way it is possible to save on the payment of pensions. It is expected that the law will become effective as early as January 1, 2018, but the final decision can be expected only after the presidential elections in the Russian Federation. The only military who will not serve for 25 years are those who managed to conclude a contract for 20 years of service. Their amendments have been bypassed so far.

The length of service of military personnel for a pension of 25 years entered into force: features of the draft law on increasing the length of service

It is impossible to call this bill new, since it was already proposed in 2013. The most unexpected addition to the reform was a proposal in 2015 to increase the lower limit of service from 20 to 30 years, but the idea was rejected. And this year, by decree of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, a draft was prepared with a large number of amendments.

Now let's talk about the difference between projects. At the present time, for a length of service of 20 years, a military man is paid a pension in the amount of 50% of the financial allowance, it is provided for in Article 43 of the Law “On Pensions for Persons ...”. Every year, if the military has twenty years of experience, an allowance of 3% of financial allowance is provided, however, not more than 85%.

The updated project establishes a pension of 65% of the financial allowance for a length of service of 25 years, and annually military personnel will receive an allowance of 3%, but not exceeding 95% of the financial allowance.

Length of service for military personnel for a pension of 25 years entered into force: no indexation of monetary allowance

The federal law "On the monetary allowance of military personnel and the provision of certain payments to them" has not been implemented for 5 years. The provisions of the law assumed that salaries for the ranks of military personnel and salaries for positions should be indexed annually (tied to the consumer price index) taking into account inflation from the beginning of 2013. But the indexation of military pensions was due to an increase in the reduction factor. According to the law, it was 54% in 2012, and 72.23% in 2017. Over the previous 5 years, the pension has increased by 30%, and over 7 years - by 90%.

The length of service for military personnel for a pension of 25 years entered into force: bringing the bill into force throughout the territory of the Russian Federation

At the moment, it is not known whether the bill to increase the military experience to 25 years will be introduced at the beginning of 2018 or at the end of 2019. It is also assumed that there will be a 5-year preparatory period, and only by the beginning of 2023 will it become fully operational. In any case, there will be even a short transitional period so that the military personnel who retired during this period of time will not be deprived. Until January 1, 2019, they plan to pay an allowance (a quarter of the previously estimated pension) to military personnel who have served for more than twenty years, but who were unable to retire due to the adoption of a new bill. But starting from January 1 of the same year, the payments of allowances will stop, because they are counting on the full operation of the law.

Pension reform over the past couple of years has made quite a splash. The opinions of citizens differed: some are sure that the pension reform will only worsen the situation of Russian pensioners, while others believe that it is a fairer system and encourages citizens to take care of their old age in advance. However, some workers were more affected by the pension reform. We are talking about civil servants and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

In today's article, we will try to tell as much as possible about all the news regarding this reform. It should be immediately clarified that the bill has not yet been adopted and approved - the issue of its adoption and enactment is still being considered.

So, in this article we will discuss the pros, cons and consequences of increasing the length of service for employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. You will learn:

  • how the bill was drafted;
  • what benefit it will bring to Russian society;
  • what are the pros and cons of the draft law on increasing the length of service;
  • how much it is planned to increase the length of service for employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia;
  • How will this affect the size of the military pension.

What are the reasons for the development of a bill to increase the length of service for employees in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Today, more than fifteen million Russians work in the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of Internal Affairs provides work, wages, and pensions for a huge proportion of our compatriots. However, in recent years this figure has been growing. Now there is a trend of active growth in the popularity of service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Many Russians are torn in this area. However, this is not surprising - the Ministry of Internal Affairs offers its employees excellent social benefits, financial assistance, benefits, early retirement and many other pleasant bonuses, not to mention the fact that service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is prestigious.

Like any other organization, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a certain financial balance. If we assume that the growth in the number of employees will continue, then we can predict what will happen to the budget of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It's simple - it will be spent on salaries and pensions. That is why it is required to increase the "service life" of their employees. The official management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs says that many employees simply do not work off the money they are paid, doing paperwork that could be done automatically. In particular, Valentin Agarkov argues that the total automation of most of the "paper" processes can save the situation at the moment.

Thus, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia decided that the payment of wages, as well as pensions to employees who have worked for twenty years, is not the most pleasant item of expenditure, and it should be reduced. And if everything is clear with salaries - simply accepting fewer people, reducing the existing staff, that is, reducing the number of staff by any means - then everything is somewhat more complicated with pensions. The most acceptable option was chosen to increase the length of service for employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs by five years.

When will seniority increase be introduced?

At the moment, this bill has not yet been confirmed. Thus, there may not be an increase in seniority. However, discussions on this draft are currently underway, and therefore, most likely, it will be adopted in the very near future.

In the current version, the bill proposes to increase the length of service from 20 to 25 years by 2019. This is a rather serious increase - by a whole quarter. However, the government is not going to stop there. This trend is planned to continue. It is possible that by 2025 the length of service before retirement will be 30 years - such a bill has already been drawn up, but so far there is not much discussion by the authorities.

It is worth noting that even after the introduction of this bill into force, some preferential seniority calculations will continue to work. For example, in the regions of the Far North (that is, beyond the Arctic Circle), the accrual of experience will be doubled. For example, for twenty days of service in the Far North, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will receive forty days of experience.

What will be the consequences of the increase in seniority for employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Unfortunately, the consequences of the adoption of this bill are very deplorable. The Ministry of Finance has officially stated that if this bill is passed, the most important consequence will be an increase in unemployment. About ten percent of people currently employed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will become unemployed. Moreover, they will be obliged to pay insurance for compulsory health insurance.

Many experts expressed their opinion, calling such actions of the government incompetent. However, at the moment there is no talk of canceling the enactment of this bill. In response, the officials who developed this bill argue that "the costs of the social sphere in our country are too high," and the state simply cannot afford such large expenses. This argument is supported by claims that it is not possible to increase GDP without reducing these costs. An additional argument in favor of the adoption of this bill was the notorious crisis that affected all sectors of our economy.

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As it became known to Kommersant, the departments that provide for military service have agreed on a bill to increase the lower limit of length of service, which gives the right to receive a military pension, from 20 to 25 years. The government believes that such a maneuver will save "hundreds of billions of rubles annually." It is assumed that the new law will come into force on January 1, 2018, however, a transitional period is provided for the adaptation of military personnel to the new conditions, which will last until 2023.


On the beginning of the development of a bill providing for amendments to the law of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-1 (“On pensions for persons who have served in the military ... and their families”), Kommersant reported on June 15. Then sources in the departments of the power bloc said that such a document was being jointly developed by the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Guard, the State Fire Service, the authorities for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, the authorities of the criminal correctional system and other structures as part of the May order of President Vladimir Putin, however, At the time, no specifics were provided.

Two months later, the proposals of the departments were formalized in the form of a bill (a copy is at the disposal of Kommersant). It involves amending Part 1 of Art. 13 (conditions determining the right to a service pension): here we are talking about an increase in the period of military service required to receive a military pension from 20 to 25 years. The proposed changes to Part 1 of Art. 14 describe the amount of pensions that the military will be able to count on, depending on the length of service. So, now, for 20 years of service, a soldier receives 50% of the monetary allowance provided for in Art. 43 of the law (the amount is formed on the basis of the salary according to the rank of the officer, the salary according to his military position, the percentage bonus for the length of service and the indexation of his salary). And for each year of service over 20 years, 3% of the amount of the stipulated allowance is due, but not more than 85%.

In the new bill, the figures are changing: for 25 years of service, the military will be able to count on 65% of the amount provided for by the same Art. 43, and for each year over this period - 3%, but not more than 95% of the allowance. For military personnel dismissed upon reaching the age limit for service, for health reasons, due to illness (according to the conclusion of the military medical commission) or in connection with organizational and staff measures, but having 20 years of service on the day of dismissal, payments are also provided. The document states that for 20 years of service they will receive 50% of the "corresponding amount of monetary allowance", and for each year of service - 3%, but not more than 95% of the specified allowance.

Recall that the idea of ​​raising the lower limit of seniority has been discussed with varying degrees of intensity in the government over the past five years, but the matter has never reached the point of making a final decision. The last time the military offered to conduct a maneuver was in 2013, but it turned out that the federal budget could not afford the money for the transition period to adapt the military to the new pension scheme. According to a Kommersant source in the financial and economic bloc of the government, the adoption of this law will save hundreds of billions of rubles for the budget, which in difficult conditions will become "a real breath of air."

The law itself, as proposed by the departments, will have to come into force on January 1, 2018. True, the latest version of the bill also provides for a transitional period of five years for servicemen. Persons covered by the law of February 12, 1993 shall retain the right to retire for service and receive a corresponding pension under the conditions "in force before the entry into force of this law until January 1, 2023". The State Duma may consider the bill in September (begins work on September 11). A Kommersant source close to the presidential administration said yesterday that a fundamental decision had been made to raise the lower limit of seniority for servicemen. He added that "some subtleties will be agreed between the departments, but in general the concept has already been built" and "a negative reaction is not expected on the eve of the elections."

Frants Klintsevich, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, believes that such a bill will increase the responsibility of those entering the service in law enforcement agencies. “Increasing the lower limit of seniority, which gives the right to receive a military pension, will weed out “runners” and “swallows” for five years, he told Kommersant. “That is, before going to work in law enforcement agencies, they will think.” Sergey Smirnov, Doctor of Economic Sciences, says: the benefit for the budget will be obvious and very significant. “For the first time in our country, the security forces “suffer”, and not the social strata of society, this is really important,” the expert notes.

In the interrogated law enforcement agencies, Kommersant was either abstained from official comments yesterday or asked to send an official request.

Ivan Safronov, Alexandra Djordevich

The departments that provide for military service have developed a bill to increase the lower limit of the length of service that gives the right to receive a military pension from 20 to 25 years. Relevant work has been carried out since March by decision of President Vladimir Putin. The authors of the project believe that this decision will relieve the budget of several hundred billion rubles annually. A number of experts say that raising the minimum length of service will not make military service more attractive. But a reduction in federal spending on military pensions will give the White House greater freedom in deciding on early pensions and raising the retirement age, Kommersant reports http://kommersant.ru/doc/3325573.

On the development of the draft law “On Amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-1 “On pensions for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the state fire service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the criminal correctional system, the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops, and their families,” said a source close to the leadership of one of the law enforcement agencies. Then this was confirmed by the interlocutor in the Ministry of Defense.

So, according to him, on May 22, the head of the main personnel department of the Ministry of Defense, General Viktor Goremykin, reported on the preparation of documents to the Deputy Minister of Defense, General Dmitry Bulgakov (letter No. 173/2/15025). This work was carried out as part of the implementation of Vladimir Putin's decision No. Pr-497 of March 17, a senior official of the presidential administration confirms, representatives of all departments related to military service were involved in it. “The topic is very delicate, there are still a number of consultations at the level of the financial, economic and social blocs of the government, as well as all interested parties,” he says. The departments interviewed either declined to comment or did not respond to requests. It was not possible to contact the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Prime Minister's press secretary Natalya Timakova refrained from commenting.

The idea of ​​raising the lower limit of seniority has been discussed for a long time, but the matter has never reached a final decision. Back in 2013, the military proposed a similar maneuver, which was proposed to be divided into two stages. Until January 1, 2019, all military personnel who served for more than 20 years but did not retire were planned to receive an increase of 25% of the amount of the pension that they could receive. And from 2019, to finally fix the lower limit of seniority at 25 years. However, calculations have shown that the federal budget will not cope with all the additional payments required for the transition period. In 2015, the discussion was resumed by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. “The military, I think, can also extend the length of service, allowing them to retire,” he told RIA Novosti. “Look, we have 1 million healthy young men working as security guards, not to mention a significant number of security forces. Each barrier has a guard and guards it. Often the military, having served 20 years, become pensioners at the age of 40.

In the financial and economic bloc, the government considered it acceptable to increase the term of service, which gives the right to a military pension, to 30 years, but this option was rejected. Recall that at the same time, the unstable economic situation called into question the indexation of allowances for military personnel, as a result of which the Ministry of Finance wanted to abandon the revision in the direction of increasing the amount of payments to military pensioners.

Vladimir Putin intervened in the situation, after which Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Anton Siluanov settled all issues by finding additional funds.

According to Kommersant's information, the current version of the bill provides for an increase in the lower limit of seniority from 20 to 25 years. This will require amendments to two articles: 13th (conditions determining the right to a pension for years of service) and 14th (pension amounts). The interlocutors do not name the proposed terms for the adoption of the amendments, but note that it is logical to do this after the 2018 presidential election.

The authors of the project do not disclose the scheme for increasing the lower limit of seniority: it is not yet clear whether a transition period will be introduced and, if so, how much it will cost the budget. It is only known that the innovation will not affect those whose contract ends at 20 years of service. Everyone else will have to serve five years more to receive a military pension. Vasily Zatsepin, head of the laboratory of military economics at the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, notes that the implementation of the project will not increase the attractiveness of military service and, most likely, the number of those wishing to serve will decrease.

Doctor of Economic Sciences Sergey Smirnov notes that the initiative is in line with the policy of optimizing budget spending. “Increasing the lower limit of length of service, which gives the right to receive a military pension, is one of the elements of the new system,” the expert says, recalling that government officials have recently been affected by such changes. This version is confirmed by a high-ranking official of the government apparatus: “We started with civil servants, and the military became a natural continuation of our consistent work.” Sources in the financial and economic bloc of the government claim that the risks of a negative reaction from military personnel exist and they are very high, but at the final stage, such a change in the law will allow saving several hundred billion rubles a year, greatly unloading the budget. “This knot needs to be untied somehow,” says one of the interlocutors.

Directly adopted, as it turns out, back in March 2017 and previously unpublished, the decision of Vladimir Putin, which can be considered “increasing the retirement age for military pensioners,” is not related to the discussion about the general increase in the retirement age. There are two fundamental positions in the authorities in this matter. The first (represented, in particular, in the developments of the Center for Strategic Research under the leadership of Alexei Kudrin) is that it is necessary to raise the retirement age. The second (associated with the position of the Ministry of Labor and the White House social bloc in general) is the reform of the system of early pensions, to which up to a third of the population of the Russian Federation are entitled, will either cancel the general increase in the retirement age, or postpone the decision, or make the schedule for raising the retirement age smoother. .

The price of the issue in the case of early pensions is about 350-400 billion rubles. per year and is comparable in order of magnitude to the upcoming savings on payments to military pensioners - these payments are made from the federal budget, as is the transfer to the Pension Fund to cover the deficit. The Ministry of Finance insisted on the decision to reduce the cost of military pensions, whose position on the “civilian” retirement age is quite tough: the head of the department, Anton Siluanov, has repeatedly stated the urgent need to raise the age. But cutting federal spending on military pensions, which have nothing to do with the Pension Fund, at the same time gives the White House more freedom both in deciding on early pensions and in raising the retirement age.

The majority of citizens would like to retire at the age of 56.8, according to the VTsIOM survey (the last one was conducted in January 2015). It should be noted that this is close to the real average term for retirement in the Russian Federation - early or within the period established by law. The average age at which workers would like to go on vacation varies, it is the lowest among those aged 18–24 (55.8 years) and the highest among those aged 35–44 (58.8 years). Support for the retirement age in connection with the "increase in life expectancy" say 7% of respondents, 8% "rather support" the initiative. 62% do not support raising the retirement age, and 16% “rather do not support it,” follows from the same VTsIOM survey. The level of support is highest among respondents aged 18–24 and 25–34.

Vladimir Petukhov, head of the Center for Comprehensive Social Research at the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, believes that "officials will be happy to speak out in favor of raising the retirement age, in particular, leading cadres who sit in a warm office." “I think it extends to the military partly,” he says. Mr. Petukhov suggests that the military without a “civilian” profession, which will provide work in case of early retirement, can also support the initiative.

What is known about the bill at the moment and what does it mean for active military and military pensioners? Let's explain and bring together all the conflicting information.

Sources say that a decision in principle on raising the minimum threshold for qualifying for a seniority pension has already been made. This is very similar to the truth, because the document was developed in the Ministry of Defense and the heads of the Committees of the State Duma and the Federation Council know about them and even spoke about this.

For example, Frants Klintsevich, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, believes that such a bill will increase the responsibility of those entering the service in law enforcement agencies. “Increasing the lower limit of seniority, which gives the right to receive a military pension, will weed out “runners” and “swallows” for five years,” he told Kommersant. “That is, before going to work in law enforcement agencies, they will think.”

That is, such a bill exists and talk about it is not empty speculation.

It should be noted that the bill is very significant for active servicemen and military pensioners.

For active military personnel

Here is a fundamental question. For example, for those who are considering signing a new contract or not ... The thing is that a serviceman has a “twenty”, and if he concludes a contract and the bill is passed, will he lose his right to a pension, since the minimum length of service will be moved from 20 to 25 years old. This is what confuses the military when deciding whether to sign a new contract.

The latest version of the bill also provides for a transitional period of five years for military personnel. Persons covered by the law of February 12, 1993 shall retain the right to retire for service and receive a corresponding pension under the conditions "in force before the entry into force of this law until January 1, 2023".

That is, in theory, for those who have already acquired the right to a pension with 20 years of service, the law should not apply. But in Russia everything can be...

For military pensioners

In the new bill, the figures are changing: for 25 years of service, the military will be able to count on 65% of the amount provided for by the same Art. 43, and for each year in excess of this period - 3%, but not more than 95% of the allowance, that is, not 85% - the maximum, as it was, but 95%

There are no other significant changes in the document at our disposal that would concern military pensioners. But…

There is evidence that the monetary allowance for length of service, which directly affects the calculation of military pensions, may change. Now it is calculated as follows:

Amount (calculation procedure) of payment :

from 2 to 5 years - 10%;

from 5 to 10 years - 15%;

from 10 to 15 years - 20%;

from 15 to 20 years old - 25%;

from 20 to 25 years old - 30%;

25 years and more - 40%;

Regulations:

  • Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 18, 2000 No. 538;
  • Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 21, 2011 No. 1074.

Orders of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation:

  • Order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2011 No. 2700.

In the new version, supposedly, there are changes in this regard, according to which the percentage bonus for the length of service will return to the old versions and will reach 70%, that is, the gradation of time limits for changing the numbers of the percentage bonus will be expanded.

What can I say with 100% certainty:

  1. The bill has not yet been submitted to the State Duma. There is evidence that it will be introduced after the 2018 elections.
  2. There will be a law, since a fundamental decision has been made and key approvals have been passed.
  3. The bill can be instantly adopted by the State Duma, we now have no doubts about its abilities ...
  4. The bill brings very significant changes for military personnel and military pensioners.
  5. 25 years served in the army of Peter I, which is very symbolic)))
  6. We follow!