The Accounting Chamber criticized the Russian Post for delaying pensions

In its report, the Accounting Chamber suggests that the government instruct the Ministry of Labor and the Social Fund to submit proposals to amend legislation in order to establish monetary compensation for pensioners for late payment of benefits. Izvestia studied the auditors' report.

During the audit of the company, the auditors revealed that in 2020 and early 2025, Russian Post repeatedly violated the deadlines for the delivery of pensions, which were established by the Social Fund. However, there are few such cases: for example, in 2024, the delivery of pensions was delayed 52 times by one or two days. By law, the Russian Post must deliver the pension no later than the next day after receiving the money from the local Social Fund.

The main prerequisite for the delay in payment is the possibility for Russian Post to extract income from the allocation of targeted funds, the control body believes.

"Given the facts of violations of the deadlines for the delivery of pensions and benefits in 2021-2024, the introduction of a compensation mechanism for late delivery of pensions and benefits will help to increase the responsibility of Russian Post in terms of meeting delivery deadlines," the report of the Accounting Chamber says.

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