The key facts
- The average insurance pension for non-working Russians in 2027 is 30,241 rubles under the draft budget.
- Indexation is two-stage: from February 1 by 6.8%, from April 1 by 3.3%; the total increase is 2,466 rubles.
- From October 1, military pensions were indexed by 4%; this indexation does not replace the insurance one.
Two-stage indexation in 2027
In 2027, Russia will raise insurance pensions for non-working Russians. According to the draft budget, the average monthly payment will amount to 30,241 rubles, RT was told by Nikita Chaplin, deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on property, land and property relations. The increase will take place within a two-stage indexation: from February 1, payments will grow by 6.8%, which, according to the deputy, corresponds to the planned inflation of the current year and will allow accounting for the rise in prices for goods and services.
Second increase and the amount of the increase
The second increase, by 3.3%, is scheduled for April 1. Chaplin explained that it is connected with the growth of the Social Fund's revenues and the ratio of average salary growth to inflation: “The second stage will make it possible to increase the regular payment beyond the indexation for price growth.” The total increase in pension payments, according to the deputy's estimate, will amount to 2,466 rubles, but the final pension amount will differ depending on the recipient's initial conditions. He also advised calculating future payments based on current ones and checking the Social Fund's data, including making sure that the recipient's non-working status is indicated there.
October indexation of military pensions
Recall that from October 1, pensions of former military personnel and employees of law enforcement agencies were indexed by 4%. As Igor Balynin, candidate of economic sciences and associate professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, told Gazeta.Ru, this affected pensions assigned through the Defense Ministry, the Interior Ministry, the FSB and a number of other state bodies. According to him, the October increase in the military pension does not cancel or replace the indexation of the insurance payment: if a person is entitled to two pensions at once, they are recalculated independently of each other.
