First law: 1922.

Current laws: 1995 (Federal Law No.181-FZ of 24 November, on social protection for the disabled), with 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 amendments; 1996 (Federal Law No. 27- FZ of 1 April, on individual record keeping in the mandatory pension insurance system); 1998 (Federal Law No.75 FZ on Nonstate Pension Funds of 7 May), with 2003 (Federal Law No.14-FZ) amendment; 2001 (Law No. 166-FZ of 15 December, on public pension security); 2001 (Law No. 173-FZ of 17 December, on labor pensions); 2001 (Law No. 167-FZ of 15 December, on mandatory pension insurance); 2002 (Resolution No. 516 of 11 June, on early entitlement to the labor pension); 2002 (Resolution No. 781 of 29 October, on lists of trades and professions); 2002 (Resolution No. 555 of 24 July, on rules for the insurance period for labor pensions); 2002 (Federal Law No. 111 FZ of 24 July, on investments for the funded part of labor pensions), with 2002 (Law No. 198-FZ), 2003 (Law No. 135-FZ), 2004 (Law No. 81-FZ), and 2005 (Law No. 183-FZ and Law No. 48-FZ) amendments; and 2004 (Federal Law No. 70-FZ of July, on amendments to the tax code), implemented in January 2005; 2009 (Law No. 2 212-FZ of 24 July 2009, on insurance contributions to the Pension Fund, Social Insurance Fund, Federal and Territorial Mandatory Health Insurance Funds), implemented on I January 2010.

Type of program: Social insurance and notional and individual accounts system.

Note: The individual account covers persons born in 1967 or later.

Employed citizens, self-employed persons, and independent farmers.

Special systems for civil servants, military personnel, police officers, war veterans, and other specified groups.

The individual account covers persons born in 1967 or later.

Insured person: None.

Self-employed person: In general, a monthly contribution of 10,392 rubles.

Different contribution rates apply for certain specified categories of self-employed person.

Employer: 26% of payroll.

The maximum annual earnings used to calculate contributions are 415,000 rubles.

Government: The total cost of social pensions and special pensions for specified groups. Regional and local governments may finance supplementary benefits out of their own budgets.

Old-age pension

Old-age labor pension: Age 60 (men) or age 55 (women) with at least 5 years of coverage.

The qualifying conditions are reduced for persons who have worked in the far-north region or in hazardous or dangerous work, for mothers who have five or more children or children with disabilities, and for some specified professional categories.

Unemployed workers aged 58 or 59 (men) or aged 53 or 54 (women) with no possibility of finding work, subject to the approval of the Employment Agency.

Age 50 with at least 20 years of work (men) or age 45 with at least 15 years of work (women), including 10 years (men) or 7.5 years (women) in an unhealthy work environment, underground, or in hot workshops.

Age 55 with at least 25 years of work (men) or age 50 with at least 20 years of work (women), including 12.5 years (men) or 10 years (women) in an unhealthy work environment. (The required number of years of work in an unhealthy work environment may vary according to circumstances and profession.)

There is no lower age limit for teachers who have worked with children for 25 years and for medical workers employed in health care institutions in cities for 30 years or in villages for 25 years.

Deferred pension: The pension may be deferred. The maximum deferral period depends on the year of retirement.

Retirement is not necessary. There is no income test for a working pensioner.

State length-of-service pension: A supplement to the old-age labor pension is paid to state employees, military personnel, and police officers with at least 15 years of service.

The pensions are payable abroad in accordance with national legislation and reciprocal agreements.

State social pension: Age 65 or older (men) or age 60 or older (women).

The state social pension is not payable abroad.

Retirement is not necessary. There is no income test for a working pensioner.

Disability pension

Disability labor pension: The insured must have been previously employed. The pension is calculated according to three assessed degrees of disability: 100% loss of working capacity and requires constant attendance (Group I); 100% loss of working capacity and does not require constant attendance (Group II); 50% loss of working capacity and does not require constant attendance (Group III).

State disability pension: There is no minimum qualifying period for persons younger than age 20 whose disability is due to a general illness or for any disability resulting from a severe work injury, an occupational disease, or military service.

The state disability pension is payable abroad in accordance with national legislation and reciprocal agreements.

Survivor pension

Survivor labor pension: Paid irrespective of the deceased's length-of-service period and coverage periods.

Eligible survivors are widows older than age 55 (widowers older than age 60) or unemployed and caring for children younger than age 14 or disabled; children up to age 18 (age 23 if a student, no limit if disabled before age 18); brothers and sisters up to age 18; and grandfathers aged 61 or older and grandmothers aged 56 or older.

The pension does not cease on the remarriage of a widow.

The survivor labor pension is payable abroad in accordance with national legislation and reciprocal agreements.

Social survivor pension: Paid if the deceased was not eligible for a contributory pension.

The social survivor pension is not payable abroad.

Old-age labor pension: The benefit is calculated as the sum of three components: a basic flat-rate benefit according to the category of beneficiary, a benefit based on the notional account, and a benefit based on the value of the individual account. Calculations are based on a projected life expectancy at retirement of 192 months (rising to 228 months by 2013). The individual account benefit is based on the insured's contributions plus interest and will be paid as of 2013.

The basic monthly flat-rate amount for a pensioner younger than age 80 with no dependents is 2,522 rubles; 3,416 rubles with one dependent; 4,270 rubles with two dependents; 5,124 rubles with three or more dependents.

The basic monthly flat-rate amount for a pensioner age 80 or older with no dependents is 5,124 rubles; 5,978 rubles with one dependent; 6,832 rubles with two dependents; 7,686 rubles with three or more dependents.

Deferred pension: Calculated in the same way as the old-age pension.

State length-of-service pension: The benefit is calculated according to the length of state service and the value of wages earned.

State social pension: The amount of the social pension is a percentage of the basic flat-rate component of the labor pension.

Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to the rate of inflation and increases in the average wage.

Disability labor pension: The benefit is calculated as the sum of two components: a basic flat-rate benefit according to the category of beneficiary and a benefit based on the notional account. Calculations are based on a projected life expectancy at retirement of 192 months (rising to 228 months by 2013) and a contribution period adjustment factor for younger insured persons.

For a pensioner without dependents, the basic monthly flat-rate amount is 5,124 rubles (Group I), 2,562 rubles (Group II), or 1,281 rubles (Group III). For a pensioner with one dependent, 5,978 rubles (Group I), 3,416 rubles (Group II), or 2,135 rubles (Group III). For a pensioner with two dependents, 6,832 rubles (Group I), 4,270 rubles (Group II), or 2,989 (Group III). For a pensioner with three or more dependents, 7,686 rubles (Group I), 5,124 (Group II), or 3,843 (Group III).

State disability pension: Benefits are set by the government according to categories of beneficiaries (and increased according to the number of dependents).

Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to the rate of inflation and increases in the average wage.

Survivor labor pension: The benefit is calculated as the sum of two components: a basic flat-rate benefit according to the category of beneficiary and a benefit based on the notional account. Calculations are based on a projected life expectancy of 192 months (rising to 228 months by 2013), the number of survivors, and a contribution period adjustment factor for younger insured persons.

The basic monthly flat-rate benefit for full orphans is 2,723 rubles (April 2010) per child; for other dependent family members, 1,361 rubles (April 2010).

The pension is split equally among all eligible survivors.

Social survivor pension: The pension is set by the government according to different categories of beneficiaries. The pension is split equally among all eligible survivors.

Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to the rate of inflation and increases in the average wage.

Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (http://www.pfrf.ru) and its regional bodies administer benefits.

Pension Fund of the Russian Federation
4, Chabolovka,
RU-117934,
Moscow B-49,
Russian Federation

Tel.: +(7-495) 982 45 36
Fax: +(7-495) 982 06 63

Ministry of Health and Social Development (http://www.minzdravsoc.ru) is responsible for policy development.

Ministry of Health and Social Development
3 Rakhmanovsky pereulok,
RU-127 994,
Moscow,
Russian Federation

Tel.: +(7-495) 6251140
Fax: +(7-495) 200 02 12