Putin approved indexation of social pensions from April by 14.75%

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, November 30, signed a law on the budget of the Pension and Social Insurance Fund for 2025-2027, according to which the social pension will be indexed by 14.75%. The corresponding document is posted on the website of the official publication of legal acts.

After indexation on April 1, 2025, the size of the social pension will be 15,456 rubles.

Also in 2026, state pension payments are planned to be indexed by 4.5%, and in 2027 - by 4%.

In addition, insurance pensions will be increased by 7.3% from January 1, 2025. Further growth is projected by 4.5 and 5.5% in 2026, and in 2027 - by 4 and 4.1%. At the end of 2025, its average size will exceed Br24 thousand.

Earlier, on November 24, Putin signed a law to increase the period of payment of funded pensions for 2025 to 22.5 years. The law will come into force on January 1, 2025.

At the same time, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Svetlana Bessarab said that in Russia from January 1, 2025 will increase pensions for working and non-working citizens of the country. She noted that the government will be able to increase this figure until February 1, 2025, if the indexation does not correspond to the inflation rate.