The retirement age will be raised this year. From what year of birth will the retirement age be increased? Unrest in society

The retirement age in Russia will increase in 2019. The new law on raising the retirement age in Russia from 2018 has already been adopted. The Russian government proposes to start retiring men from 65 years old and women from 63 years old in a year.

The pill was sweetened by the intention to carry out the reform smoothly, as well as the promise of increased pensions and a declarative statement about the inadmissibility of discrimination against workers based on age.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news, table. Raising the retirement age in Russia

1. Retirement age calculation table for the new pension reform
2. Features of the new pension reform
3. Retirement age in 2018
4. Raising the retirement age for civil servants
5. Ministry of Finance proposal to increase the retirement age
6. Version of the Public Chamber regarding retirement age
7. Retirement age increase schedule
8. Retirement after retirement age for men and women
9. What losses will Russians suffer due to raising the retirement age?

Latest news about raising the retirement age in 2018

The retirement age will be increased for men to 65 years and to 63 years for women. Dmitry Medvedev stated this after a government meeting on June 14. He noted that the authorities will raise the retirement age gradually.

“It is proposed to introduce a fairly long transition period - it is proposed to start in 2019 in order to step by step achieve retirement at 65 years for men in 2028 and at 63 years for women in 2034,” the prime minister said during a government meeting.

The Prime Minister also noted that as a result of the increase, it will be possible to index the pension annually by an average of 1,000 rubles, versus 400-500 rubles, as is done now.

There is also a retirement benefit for citizens with extensive experience (for women over 40 years old and for men over 45 years old) - they will be able to retire 2 years earlier.

Based on government materials, women born in 1964. and men born in 1959 will receive the right to retire in 2020 at the ages of 56 and 61, respectively. It turns out that those men who are 59 years old in 2018 will have to work for another 2 years, and not 5 full years, according to the reform.

In 2022, men born in 1960 and women born in 1965 will be able to retire. Further, the “increase step” of retirement will remain.

Men born in 1961 and women born in 1966 retire in 2024, men born in 1962 and women born in 1967 - in 2026, men born in 1963 and women born in 1968 - in 2028, at the ages of 65 and 60 years, respectively.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news. Retirement age calculation table for the new pension reform

	Men		Women
Year of retirement	Year of birth	Retirement age	Year of birth	Retirement age
2020	1959	61	1964	56
2022	1960	62	1965	57
2024	1961	63	1966	58
2026	1962	64	1967	59
2028	1963	65	1968	60
2030			1969	61
2032			1970	62
2034			1971	63

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news. Features of the new pension reform

Let's consider the main points of raising the retirement age:

1. The increase in the retirement age will begin on January 1, 2019.
2. The transition period will be quite long and gradual. For men it will be 10 years, for women 16 years.
3. Men born in 1959 will be the first to feel the increase. and women born in 1964
4. No increase in retirement age won't touch citizens who are already retired. They will not need to go out to complete their work experience. All their social benefits will be retained in full.
5. The retirement age will be increased by one year from in 1 year increments.
6. The reform to increase retirement for men will be completed in 2028, for women in 2034.
7. The state promises that as a result of the reform, the annual indexation of pension up to 1000 rubles, instead of 400-500 rubles.
8. Benefits for early retirement will be reserved for the following categories of citizens:

• Citizens of dangerous and harmful professions, for example miners.
• Women who are raising 5 or more children.
• Visually impaired people of the first group.
• Guardians who are raising a disabled child.
• Residents of the Far North.
• Chernobyl victims.
• Citizens with extensive work experience: men 45 years old, women 40 years old. Their retirement will be shortened by 2 years.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news. Retirement age in 2018

The current retirement system developed during the Soviet Union. IN 1932, rich in the achievements of the industrial and cultural revolution, created the image of a pensioner: 55 years for women and 60 - male. And this is with an average life expectancy - 35 years. Almost 90 years old nothing has changed, but medical technology and modern lifestyle have almost doubled this figure - to 71 years old. In Russia there is a huge segment of the population where pensions are granted on preferential terms, when serving fewer years.

According to their status, such persons are divided into two groups:

• professional;
• social.

Working in certain sectors of the economy, with hard work, reduces the retirement age by a level from 40 years. But for this, a person must have a minimum total insurance record and experience in the industry established for each case. Let's look at it in more detail in the table:

Employment	Floor	Age	Insurance experience	Professional experience
Drivers of urban public transport	m	55	25	from 20
	and	50	20	from 15
Workers in underground work, hazardous working conditions, hot shops	m	50	20	from 10
	and	45	15	from 7.5
Intensive textile industry	and	50	not taken into account	from 20
Leading mining experts	m, f	Any	not taken into account	from 20
Civil Aviation Flight Control	m	55	25	from 12.5
	and	50	20	from 10
Teaching staff	m, f	any	not taken into account	from 25

The social group includes persons who, upon the occurrence of specific conditions, can apply early for an old-age pension. A special place here is occupied by citizens working or living in the Far North (hereinafter - KS). For example:

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news. Raising the retirement age for civil servants

First, state and municipal employees decided to test and increase the retirement age in Russia. In their regard in 2017 earned a regulatory act from May 23, 2016 No. 143-FZ. According to it, there is a gradual increase in the length of service in the civil service, which is the main factor in the assignment of a special pension for long service. The age when you can receive such a pension is also gradually increasing. Let us recall that previously an employee of state and municipal departments who had special experience in 15 years, could apply for a long-service pension when he turned 55 or 60 years.

The table shows the new terms for assigning a special pension.

Applying for a pension	Special experience	Pension age
		m	and
2017	15,5	60,5	55,5
2018	16	61	56
2019	16,5	61,5	56,5
2020	17	62	57
2021	17,5	62,5	57,5
2022	18	63	58
2023	18,5	63,5	58,5
2024	19	64	59
2025	19,5	64,5	59,5
2026	20	65	60
2027		65,5	60,5
2028		66	61
2029		66,5	61,5
2030		67	62
2031		67,5	62,5
2032 and >		68	63

IN 2018 long service pension is assigned to persons with government experience 16 years, if at the time of application it is over 56 years old or 61 years old(female Male).

The size of the special pension is determined as follows:

• the payment is calculated based on the official salary;
• the total insurance pension is calculated;
• The data is compared: if the special pension is higher, then an additional payment is established in the form of the difference found.

In practice, salaries for federal government positions are set within the limits - 3193 - 16340 rubles, which is significantly lower than the national average wage. Therefore, not a single civil servant has yet received a corresponding allowance. The situation will change only after a significant increase in salaries, which has been promised for many years.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news. Ministry of Finance proposal to increase the retirement age

The issue of increasing the retirement age has been discussed for a long time, with 2014, but with varying degrees of intensity. People started talking about this most actively last year, when information appeared about options for further development of the pension system. 3 models proposed were viable and discussed:

• Ministry of Finance of Russia;
• Russian Academy of National Economy (RANEPA);
• Center for Strategic Research (CSR).

In 2017, the version of the Ministry of Finance proposed establishing a single period for going on vacation - 65 years old. The measure is the most stringent, since every six months the age will increase by 12 months. The latest news about raising the retirement age began to arrive at the end May 2018. Basically, this was data that the Ministry of Finance invited men to apply for pensions in 65, and for women - in 63. The whole process will take 5 years.

May 17, 2018 The Ministry of Finance provided fresh news, refuting information that it was providing the Government with a specific program to increase the age of pensioners. But he does not deny, when it comes to employment, the miscalculation of various models for improving the pension system.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news, table. Version of the Public Chamber regarding retirement age

The Public Chamber of Russia, represented by its secretary Valery Fadeev, sees the process of increasing the retirement age as inevitable. From their position, they are preparing recommendations to the Government that would not only allow increasing the Pension Fund budget, but creating conditions for people older to work 60 years. There is unspoken discrimination against people of this age in the employment market. It is necessary to exclude such situations by developing certain schemes when the employer will be interested in such employees. The possibility of free retraining or requalification should also be provided.

The key indicator will be the ratio of working time and well-deserved rest, which shows the magnitude of the material burden on the economy to finance pension payments.

The current situation is when 10 years female labor activity accounts for 7 years pensions, shows the ratio of rest and work - 70%. There are no such indicators in other countries. For men, the situation is more complicated due to lower life expectancy and high mortality rates during working age. Therefore, for them the coefficient barely reaches 40 % .

The Public Chamber proposes to introduce additional accounts for pensioners, where contributions from employers and the pension itself will be accumulated. Such a system will clearly display the amount of accumulated funds. Indexation and inheritance procedures must be applied to funds.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news. Retirement age increase schedule

Let's look at the models for changing the retirement age proposed by two groups of experts.

1. RANEPA proposes to set the age: 60 years for women, 63 - for men. First 4 years age will increase by 3 months, in the following years – to 6 months in a year. The reform will take 12 years old.
2. The TsSR, headed by ex-Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, proposes to set the age: 63 years old for women, 65 - for men. The increase step will be 6 months in for each year. Pension reform will take 16 years.

Both models are presented in table form.

Number of years of the program	Year	RANEPA			TsSR
		Growth rate, months	New age		Growth rate, months	New age
			m	and		m	and
1	2019	3	60 + 3 months	55 + 3 months	6	60,5	55,5
2	2020		60,5	55,5		61	56
3	2021		60 + 9 months	55 + 9 months		61,5	56,5
4	2022		61	56		62	57
5	2023	6	61,5	56,5		62,5	57,5
6	2024		62	57		63	58
7	2025		62,5	57,5		63,5	58,5
8	2026		63	58		64	59
9	2027			58,5		64,5	59,5
10	2028			59		65	60
11	2029			59,5			60,5
12	2030			60			61
13	2031						61,5
14	2032						62
15	2033						62,5
16	2034						63

Economic calculations confirm that the optimal situation arises when women retire in 60, and men in 63 years old. It balances the adaptation of citizens, changing conditions in the labor market, financial and social consequences.

If the Government decides to raise the retirement age for men and women in 2019, then according to any of the models it will affect women born in 1963, 1964 years, men - in 1958 And 1959 years.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news, table. Retirement after retirement age for men and women

The current pension system offers people of retirement age not to immediately apply for a pension, but to postpone this moment for a year or more. Such a refusal provides for incentives from the state. This is expressed through incentive coefficients that increase the insurance and fixed part of the pension.

Beginning with 2015, a new calculation formula was introduced, where bonus coefficients were introduced.

The table clearly shows how the components of the future old-age pension will grow.

Let's assume that Korkin Alexander, 1958 birth, with experience 35 years To 2018 It has 127 points. At a cost 1 point – 81.49 rubles, fixed payment – 4982.90 rub. Let's find the amount of the insurance pension:

127 * 81.49 + 4982.90 = 15332.13 rub.

If Alexander delays applying for a pension until 2 years, then its size will be:

127 * 1,15 * 81,49 + 4982,90 * 1,12 = 11901,6145 + 5580,848 = RUB 17,482.46

It's on 14% more than in 60 years.

But let's look from the other side. In two years, Alexander has received less of his pension in two years by the amount of - 367971.12 ruble. If there is a difference in payment 2150.33 rubles deferred appeal will pay off through:

367971,12 / 2150,33 = 171 months - 14 years, i.e. To '74 life. You also need to remember about inflation and lost profits, when the pension could have been placed on deposit even under 4 %.

Of course, it will be beneficial for the Pension Fund when people apply for appointments later than the deadline; this saves the budget. But how beneficial this is for citizens is up to everyone to decide for themselves.

Pros and cons of increasing the retirement age

An increase in the retirement age is inevitable; the question remains when the reform will begin and according to what model. But we can already note what each party will receive as a result of raising the retirement age.

1. Due to cost savings as a result of the reform, the pension size could increase to 30 %.
2. The growth of incomes of the older population stimulates the development of the country's economy as a whole.
3. By creating jobs for older people, the ratio of working citizens to pensioners will increase, which is a good indicator in a society with an aging population.
4. By increasing the number of able-bodied employed citizens, it is possible to reduce the tax burden of contributions to the Pension Fund.
5. Establishing social justice between men and women.
6. Raising the retirement age in 2018 will reduce the number of pensioners, which will allow maintaining all existing benefits.

Negative points:

1. At current life expectancy, the time to reach retirement age is shortening.
2. The real conditions of the labor market do not allow older people to find decently paid work.
3. Potential threat of the return of “gray” wage payment schemes.
4. Dissatisfaction on the part of the population approaching retirement age due to violated expectations.

Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news. What losses will Russians suffer due to raising the retirement age?

The question under consideration is how the sword of Damocles hung over citizens of the pre-retirement category. The authorities are cautious about this issue. There is a lot of discussion about this. Thus, the Research Institute of Contemporary Economics (IAE), represented by Deputy Head Ivan Antropov, presented a report on the topic presented. The main conclusion was that the financial situation of residents will worsen due to an increase in the age limit for retirement. Even if this period is half a year.

So, according to the calculations of the initiators of the report, about 82.2 thousand rubles. will be lost by citizens of the pension category for every 6 months. deferment. The calculation data for the amount presented above is as follows: the average monthly pension provision (according to information provided by Rosstat) multiplied by six months - the period of state provision that future pensioners will lose.

Similar assessments were made for the 5-year increase. Any Russian, with an average pension of 13.7 thousand rubles, will on average suffer losses that will amount to 822 thousand rubles. According to estimates from representatives of the institute, up to 2 million citizens of the Russian Federation retire per year. Thus, the result of approving the decision to increase by six months during the first 10 years will be a decrease in household income by approximately 41.1 billion rubles for one year of the innovation’s existence.

In addition, analysts studied not only economic losses, but also the problem of youth employment. These two issues are closely intertwined, since due to the increase in the retirement age, vacant positions will appear later. Today, based on official data from Rosstat, 34.5% of all employed people are pensioners who continue to work.

The need to extend retirement is inevitable. Representatives of the IAE agree with this fact. But, in their opinion, it is important to follow strict conditions. They include:

• The minimum period for survival should be: for men - 19 years, for women - 22 years.
• For at least three years, the Russian economy's GDP has not fallen below one percentage point of the world average.

Only if these conditions are met, experts predict a positive effect from the government program.

Retirement age in other countries

Russia has the lowest retirement age threshold. This is clearly proven by comparison with foreign countries and CIS countries:

Such an indicator as life expectancy is of great importance. If you look at what it is like in these same countries, you can derive the survival rate. Let's calculate it as the ratio of average duration to retirement age.

Now in Russia this figure is 1,40 for women and 1,07 for men. After the introduction of the new age 60 And 63 or 63 And 65 the indicator will be accordingly:

• model 60/63 – 1,27 for women and 1,02 for men;
• model 63/65 – 1,21 for women and 0,99 for men.

It turns out that men will practically not live to see retirement if the average life expectancy does not change. Therefore, in addition to working on the pension reform, the Government should think about global changes in other social spheres.

Source of material Increasing the retirement age in 2018: latest news, table

INTERESTING FACTS

At the beginning of October, the head of the country signed an act on amendments to the pension sector, related to increasing the retirement age to 65 years for men, 60 years for women. The increase in the retirement age in Russia will begin in 2019. The decision was accompanied by numerous protests from the population and disputes among experts. This did not prevent the draft law from successfully passing three readings in parliament. After approval in the first reading, the president made adjustments to soften the law and the transition procedure, but 70% of Russians were still against its adoption.

The retirement age in Russia was raised for the following reasons:

• pension fund budget deficit. By 2018, it amounted to 257 billion rubles and grew 2.4 times. Let us remind you that it is financed from the federal budget. When funds are directed to closing gaps in the pension system, the opportunity for additional financing for the development of education, healthcare, and economic support is lost;
• a decrease in the number of workers and an increase in the number of pensioners. The situation could reach a critical level, and there might not be funds to cover the gap;
• low pensions and living standards of older generations. For 2018, the average payment to pensioners is 14,100 rubles, with a living wage of 10,328 rubles;
• changes in life expectancy, which in 2017 was 72.7 years, and working capacity;
• The last time a decision was made to raise the retirement age was during the Soviet era in 1932. From that moment on, the constitutional system changed, a transition to a market economy took place;
• global trends. Russia remained one of the lowest rates of retirement age. In foreign countries it is higher: in the USA - 67, in Japan - 65.

Experts agree that raising the retirement age is intended to maintain the stability of the pension sector and ensure a high standard of living for retirees, as well as redistribute part of the budget funds to finance significant projects in the field of education and healthcare. The latest news regarding raising the retirement age in Russia is not encouraging; it will begin next year.

Procedure for raising the retirement age

What will happen to the retirement age next year for citizens?

To ordinary Russians

The retirement age will increase to 65 years for men and 60 years for women. The transition will be carried out gradually according to the schedule:

Year	Rising retirement age for women	Rising retirement age for men
2018	55	60
2019	56	61
2020	57	62
2021	58	63
2022	59	64
2023	60	65

Restrictions on the time spent working and the number of pension fund points required to go on vacation remain unchanged:

• work experience and other similar activities from 15 years (in 2018 - 9, increase by 1 year by 2024);
• have at least 30 points from the pension fund (in 2018 - 13.8, increase by 2024).

Year of old age retirement	How much experience is needed for retirement (at least)	How many points do you need for a pension (IPK, no less)
2018	9 years	13,8
2019	10 years	16,2
2020	11 years	18,6
2021	12 years	21
2022	13 years	23,4
2023	14 years	25,8
2024	15 years	28,2
2025	15 years	30

Having fulfilled the appropriate conditions, a citizen can independently decide whether to continue working or not. By choosing the first option, he will not lose the right to make payments; the amount will be credited in full.

Men who have worked for at least 42 full years and women with a total of 37 years of experience can forget about raising the retirement age in Russia. They will be able to apply for pension benefits two years faster, but only after reaching the age of 60 years (men) and 55 years (women).

Beneficiaries

Federal beneficiaries in Russia can be divided into groups:

• teaching staff, teachers, educators and other employees of the education sector;
• physicians, doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers;
• representatives of positions with dangerous and difficult working conditions;
• people of creative professions.

In Russia, these groups include a third of citizens, and they are also concerned about the latest news about raising the retirement age in Russia in 2018.

For most of them, past conditions will not change, and the increase in the retirement age will occur unplanned. The current situation regarding preferential pensions is presented in the table.

Group	Conditions for retirement in 2019	Additional changes from 2019
Representatives from the field of education	Work as a teacher for at least 25 years.
Employees in positions with hazardous work conditions	Work in a rural medical institution for at least 25 years, in a city - for 30 years.	Deferred retirement - 5 years after achieving the required length of service.
Employees in positions with hazardous work conditions.	Reached the age of 50 years for men, 45 years for women. The total work experience is 20 years for men, 15 years for women. Work in hazardous labor conditions from 10 years for men, 7.5 years for women.	No changes.
Employees in positions with difficult working circumstances	Reached the age of 55 years for men, 50 for women. The total work experience is 25 years for men, 20 years for women. Work in difficult labor circumstances from 12.5 years for men, 10 years for women.	No changes.
Representatives of creative professions	Work experience from 15 to 30 years, depending on the area of ​​activity. The age ranged from 55 to 60 years, depending on the area of ​​activity.	Increasing age from 50–55 years.

Pedagogical and medical staff have been given an intermediate time until 2023, during which the deferment period will gradually increase from 1 to 5 years until it is finally established.

When the required length of service has not been completed until the age of 65 for men and 60 for women, the doctor or teacher can begin to receive pension payments in the usual manner, that is, an old-age insurance pension.

If citizens have 50% of the required experience in professions with difficult and dangerous working conditions and full total experience, then for the next year of work:

• in difficult circumstances there will be a reduction in the standard age of retirement by 1 year for 2 years for women and 2.5 years for men;
• in dangerous circumstances - for 1 year for the next year of work.

For artists, dancers, musicians and other people involved in creative work, as well as for other citizens, stages are envisaged to increase the retirement age in Russia from 2019 by 1 year until 2023.

For the population of northern Russia

What will happen to the retirement age in Russia for residents of the north is also a pressing question. The north includes Arkhangelsk, Irkutsk and other regions, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, as well as areas adjacent to it (Perm, Primorsky Territories, etc.).

A citizen whose place of residence is located in this territory has the following conditions for retirement:

• the period of working activity is at least 15 years in the northern regions or 20 in the regions adjacent to them;
• work experience of 20 years for women and 25 years for men;
• the amount of pension fund points from 30 (in 2018 - 13.8, increase by 2024);
• age 55 years for women, 60 years for men.

The retirement age is planned to increase for them, as for other Russians: by 5 years from 2019, until it is finally established by 2023. If a potential pensioner has worked in the northern regions for less than 15 years, then with more than 7.5 years of experience, each additional year leads to a reduction in the retirement age by 4 months. A year of work experience in areas adjacent to the northern regions is equal to 9 months of labor activity in the northern regions.

Who will not be affected by the reform?

According to the latest news about raising the retirement age, it will not be increased for the following categories:

• representatives of the field of education;
• health care representatives;
• employees of professions with complex and dangerous working conditions.

For other categories, the retirement age in Russia will be increased by 5 years from 2019 to 2023, 1 year each year. The considered features relate only to old-age and long-service insurance pensions.

Innovations in pension payments for mothers

The group for which the retirement age is not planned to increase are mothers with many children. Before the start of the restructuring of the pension sector, mothers who gave birth to or adopted 5 or more children had a preferential right to early retirement at the age of 50. The following conditions must be met:

• children over 8 years old;
• minimum 15 years of work experience;
• total pension fund points from 30.

Points are also awarded for parental leave. A woman living in the northern region needs to give birth to or adopt two children to retire at age 50. They are subject to additional conditions:

• children over 8 years old;
• pension fund points total from 30;
• minimum 20 years of work experience;
• work in the northern regions from 12 years or in areas adjacent to them from 17 years.

The new law establishes preferential conditions for mothers with three and four children. They can retire 3 and 4 years earlier, respectively:

• at 57 years old - with three children;
• at 56 years old - with four children.

The insurance period must be at least 15 years, and children over 8 years old. Changes will begin in 2020.

Ecuadorian authorities have denied Julian Assange asylum at the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks was detained by British police, and this has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. Why are they taking revenge on Assange and what awaits him?

Australian programmer and journalist Julian Assange became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, which he founded, published secret documents from the US State Department in 2010, as well as materials related to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But it was quite difficult to find out who the police, supporting by the arms, were leading out of the building. Assange had grown a beard and looked nothing like the energetic man he had previously appeared in photographs.

According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange was denied asylum due to his repeated violations of international conventions.

He is expected to remain in custody at a central London police station until he appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Why is the President of Ecuador accused of treason?

Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa called the current government's decision the biggest betrayal in the country's history. “What he (Moreno - editor’s note) did is a crime that humanity will never forget,” Correa said.

London, on the contrary, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has triumphed. The representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova, has a different opinion. “The hand of “democracy” is squeezing the throat of freedom,” she noted. The Kremlin expressed hope that the rights of the arrested person will be respected.

Ecuador sheltered Assange because the former president had left-of-center views, criticized U.S. policies and welcomed WikiLeaks' release of secret documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the Internet activist needed asylum, he managed to personally meet Correa: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.

However, in 2017, the government in Ecuador changed, and the country set a course for rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange “a stone in his shoe” and immediately made it clear that his stay on the embassy premises would not be prolonged.

According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador for a visit. Then everything was decided. “You have no doubt: Lenin is simply a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans on the fate of Assange. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador is supposedly continuing the dialogue,” Correa said in an interview with the Russia Today channel.

How Assange made new enemies

The day before his arrest, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristin Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. “WikiLeaks uncovered a large-scale spy operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy,” he noted. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transferred to the Donald Trump administration.

Hrafnsson clarified that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen only because WikiLeaks released this information. A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.

Assange's expulsion was preceded by the corruption scandal surrounding Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published a package of INA Papers, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. Quito said it was a conspiracy between Assange and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former Ecuadorian leader Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.

In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior at Ecuador's London mission. “We must protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all boundaries in terms of violating the agreement that we came to with him,” the president said. “This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and hack.” ". At the same time, back in February last year it became known that Assange at the embassy was deprived of the opportunity to interact with the outside world, in particular, his Internet access was cut off.

Why Sweden stopped prosecuting Assange

At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This was never officially confirmed, but it was because of Washington’s position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.

In May 2017, Sweden stopped investigating two rape cases in which the portal’s founder was accused. Assange demanded compensation from the country's government for legal costs in the amount of 900 thousand euros.

Earlier, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors also dropped three charges against him due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Where did the investigation into the rape case lead?

Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to receive protection from American authorities. But he was investigated for rape. In November 2010, a warrant was issued for his arrest in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.

In February 2011, a British court decided to extradite Assange to Sweden, after which a number of successful appeals followed for the WikiLeaks founder.

British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding whether to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, ​​which was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own claims against the WikiLeaks founder.

What awaits Assange now?

The man was re-arrested on a US extradition request for publishing classified documents, police said. At the same time, Deputy Head of the British Foreign Ministry Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.

In the UK, Assange is likely to appear in court on the afternoon of April 11. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. British authorities are likely to seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, the man's mother said, citing his lawyer.

At the same time, Swedish prosecutors are considering reopening the rape investigation. Attorney Elizabeth Massey Fritz, who represented the victim, will seek this.

The fact that, most likely, citizens of the Russian Federation will have to retire a little later than now was started almost a year ago. According to statesmen, the prerequisites for taking such unpopular measures is a banal lack of money in the treasury to pay accrued pensions, reports. Of course, the budget deficit is also affected by the depressing consequences of the economic crisis. Raising the retirement age will help balance the budget, says Tatyana Golikova, head of the Accounts Chamber. But this effect will be very short-term. But people of pre-retirement age are not satisfied with this explanation.

Recently, the number of experts and officials who believe that the retirement age needs to be increased has increased. This debate was sparked by Alexei Kudrin, the former head of the Ministry of Finance. He was very concerned about the situation with the reduction in the working-age population. He outlined his proposals in the Economic Development Strategy of the Russian Federation for 2018-2024. The main point is the gradual raising of the retirement age for men to 65 years, and for women to 63 years. A. Kudrin proposes to start this process in January 2019.

Retirement age in Russia for men and women from 2018, 2019 and 2020 latest news: expert opinions

Will the retirement age be raised or not? When will this happen? Who will this affect? Lots of questions, but no clear answers yet.

Today, there are several versions of the development of this situation. But there is no specific and clear answer.

Most experts believe that the retirement age will begin to increase in 2018. But most likely after the elections of the President of the country. The basis for such conclusions was the law on increasing the retirement age for civil servants, which came into force on January 1, 2017. According to this law, men holding public office will now retire at 65 years old, and women at 63 years old.

All the same experts believe that the adoption of such a law is nothing more than an indicative stage, which in the future will affect everyone without exception.

Retirement age in Russia for men and women from 2018, 2019 and 2020 latest news: disagreements between officials

Today no one can say which figure - 63 years or 65 years - the deputies will decide to stop at. What is known for certain is that the retirement age will be raised gradually. It is possible that for each calendar year there will be an increase in the retirement age by six months, or maybe even a year. This is done for people who must retire in the near future under current legislation, so that they feel violated in their rights.

To smooth out public discontent, some argue that raising the retirement age will have a beneficial effect on the professional training of the younger generation. This will happen according to the following scheme: people who will now have to hold their jobs longer will be able to pass on experience to young specialists who lack practice after graduating from universities.

Retirement age in Russia for men and women from 2018, 2019 and 2020 latest news: at what age will you have to retire

While discussions are ongoing on raising the retirement age for everyone, some have already been raised. Civil servants at all levels are already retiring six months later starting this year. And each subsequent year postpones retirement by six months.

Thus, in 2017, men will be able to retire only after reaching the age of 60.5 years, and women - 55.5 years. In this case, the minimum experience must be 15.5 years. In 2018, accordingly, men will retire at 61 years old, and women at 56 years old, having worked in the public service for 16 years. Men at 61.5 years old and women at 56.5 years old will retire in 2019. And 2020 will add two more years. Accordingly, men will reach their retirement at 62 years old, and women at 57 years old.

On June 7, 2018, Vladimir Putin, answering questions from citizens during the Direct Line, announced that in the very near future The government will present its proposals for raising the retirement age in Russia. And indeed, already on June 14, the Cabinet of Ministers reviewed and approved the bill “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation on issues of appointment and payment of pensions”, which provides for a gradual increase in the retirement age of Russian citizens for 5 years for men (up to 65 years old) and for 8 years for women (up to 63 years old) in increments of 1 year.

At the same time, it is planned to increase the retirement age already since 2019(that is, the pension reform will be the first to affect men born in 1959 and women born in 1964 - they will retire only in 2020), and transition period will last 10 years for men and 16 years for women (see table).

The final draft of the pension reform presented by Dmitry Medvedev will be submitted in the form of a draft federal law to the State Duma, where deputies are already awaiting it. There's a bill being considered scheduled to be completed in autumn 2018 in compliance with all stipulated deadlines and procedures, while the adoption of this law with “concessions” both on the retirement age itself and on the timing of its changes is not excluded (if State Duma deputies accept the appropriate amendments, all these changes can occur more smoothly and with an increase by less number of years than the Government will initially propose after approving the bill at the meeting on June 14, but the likelihood of this is now extremely low).

At the same time, Vladimir Putin noted that the main goal of the changes currently being considered by the Government is “a significant increase in the level of well-being and income of pensioners”, as well as reducing the number of poor in the country. True, it is not yet very clear why this is proposed to be done by increasing the retirement age.

According to RBC, active discussion of all parameters of pension reform has been going on in the Cabinet of Ministers over the past weeks (since May 2018). At the same time, the question is Is it necessary to raise the retirement age in Russia or not?, is not even discussed - that is, the decision on this matter has already been practically made. For the first time, Dmitry Medvedev announced the need to consider such an issue at the legislative level in his speech in the State Duma on May 8, 2018, before his next appointment as Prime Minister of Russia.

How will the retirement age be raised in Russia?

For several months, the relevant ministries in the Government have been discussing the specific parameters of the reform of the pension system:

1. By how many years will the retirement age be increased for women and men (in 2018 it is 55 and 60 years, respectively)?
2. What year will this increase begin (from 2019 or with a slight delay)?
3. At what rate will such an increase occur (in how many years and in what steps will the accepted indicators of the increased retirement age be achieved)?

A publication by RBC dated June 7, 2018 reports that the Government considered two concepts proposed by the Ministry of Labor and one project of the Ministry of Finance as the main ones:

1. Options Ministry of Labor. In the proposals of this department, the increase should occur annually with an increase in the standard age by a year, however, the target indicators may differ slightly:

   • up to 60 years for women and 65 for men (increase by 5 years);
   • up to 60 women (i.e. increase by 5 years) and 62 men (by 2 years).
2. Option of the Ministry of Finance. The proposed project is based on increasing the age for women by eight years (i.e., to 63), for men - by five (to 65), while the increase is proposed to be carried out at a faster pace - by 1 year every 6 months.

According to RBC sources, even before June 14, 2018, the main option in the Government was the concept presented by the Ministry of Finance (i.e., an increase according to the “63/65” scheme).

However, this proposal is for now not formalized as a federal law, and all possible solutions to this issue will be discussed repeatedly. It is expected that the bill prepared by the Government will be submitted to the State Duma for consideration in June 2018.

Implementation of the proposed changes could begin as early as 2019. At the same time, the pension reform proposed in 2018, in addition to the decision to increase the retirement age, may contain a number of other possible changes (the abolition of the funded pension and the introduction of a system of voluntary pension savings, clarification of the parameters of early retirement, etc.). It is possible that some of the most important changes will begin in 2019, and the rest may be implemented by the Government later.

From what year of birth will the retirement age be increased?

It can already be said unequivocally that changes in the pension system, regardless of the concept chosen by the authorities, will affect all citizens of the Russian Federation who, by the time the reform is implemented, will not yet have time to apply for an old-age pension according to the laws currently in force. In the most radical scenario (if the law comes into force in 2019), the increase in the retirement age will affect women 1964 and younger And men 1959 and younger.

In the process of discussing the final content of the pension reform, the issue of right to early retirement when the retirement age increases (it is possible that it will be possible to retire before reaching the established age, but the amount of the pension will be proportionally reduced for each early year).