Starting from March 1, pensions will be increased for several categories of Russians.

Starting from March 1, 2026, changes regarding the amount of pension payments for two categories of citizens will come into force in Russia. This was announced on February 28 by Alexander Safonov, a professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

The first category is working pensioners who completed their work in February 2026. After his dismissal, he will be recalculated, taking into account all the indexations that were missed during his work.

Safonov gave the calculation as an example. If a pensioner was awarded 25 thousand rubles in 2023, then from March 1, 2026 (after his dismissal in February) he will begin to receive 31,664 rubles.

The second category is citizens who reached the age of 80 in February. Starting from March 1, the fixed old-age pension payment is automatically increased for them. This part of the pension is doubled. The same amount is added to the standard fixed payment of 9584.69 rubles.

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On February 6, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Labor announced that social pensions will be indexed by 6.8% starting from April 1. This will increase the level of pension provision for almost 4.3 million pensioners, of which about 3.6 million are recipients of social pensions and about 700 thousand recipients of state pension provision.

It was noted that the amount of indexation of social pensions is set annually by the government, taking into account the increase in the living wage of a pensioner in Russia over the previous year. The ministry also reported that a draft resolution defining the level of indexation for 2026 has been submitted for public discussion.

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