The State Duma talked about the procedure for paying pensions before the New Year

Starting from January 1, insurance pensions will increase by 7.6%. The cost of one pension coefficient will reach 156.76 rubles, and the fixed payment will rise to 9584.69 rubles. The recalculation concerns old-age, disability and survivor's insurance pensions. Alexey Govyrin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (United Russia faction), told Izvestia about this on November 26.

"In 2026, the pension system is included with the indexation, which is laid down in the law. All applicable increasing coefficients are taken into account: age allowances after the age of 80, surcharges for the disabled of the first group, charges for dependents, northern and rural allowances. All changes are reflected in payments automatically according to the data of the Social Fund," he said.

The January amount can be paid ahead of schedule at the end of December, but it is already calculated according to the rules of 2026, taking into account the indexation of 7.6%. The January pension at the end of December is due to those who receive payments from the 1st to the 10th of each month. In the last working days of December, money is sent to banks and for postal delivery, and for recipients it turns into an additional New Year's receipt. For many, this payment is becoming a familiar guideline when planning December and January expenses. But for the rest, payments will come after the New Year holidays.

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We are talking about Russians whose income is below 1.5 times the subsistence level.

"The year is not limited to January only. Indexation of social and state pensions is planned in April. It concerns pensioners who receive social pensions for disability and old age in the absence of required insurance experience, as well as recipients of state pensions for certain categories of citizens. During the year, quarterly recalculations for flight crews and miners and an increase in military pensions are additionally working, following an increase in salaries," the deputy added.

He also mentioned the so-called 13th pension for the New Year, as federal legislation builds a support system based on a different principle. The main focus is on the regular indexation of insurance, social and state pensions, early January payment in an increased amount, as well as on regional one-time programs that are approved at the level of subjects. Additional payment initiatives often appear in the information field, but the basic mechanism for helping pensioners is based precisely on the calendar of planned indexations and allowances.

In 2026, all categories of pensioners for whom indexation has been established will receive an increase. In January, these are recipients of insurance pensions, whose amounts are immediately recalculated by 7.6%. In February, payments for federal beneficiaries increase, and in April, the amounts of social and state pensions are updated.

During the year, personal reasons for the increase are added to this: reaching the age of 80, the establishment of a disability of group I, the registration of official care, the appearance of disabled dependents, the accumulation of northern or rural seniority. For each of these cases, the law provides for its own allowances, which are combined with the general indexation and form an individual pension amount in 2026.

On November 19, Deputy Labor Minister Andrei Pudov announced that insurance pensions in Russia will increase by 7.6% from the beginning of 2026. The increase will affect 38 million people. The average payout amount will increase by almost 2 thousand rubles and will amount to more than 27 thousand rubles. The next indexation will take place on April 1 and will affect recipients of social pensions — their payments will increase by 6.8%.

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