In this year 2017, the plots of military operations in Syria, the exercises of the Armed Forces in Russia itself do not leave the TV screens - and it seems to every citizen that a military man is a very highly paid profession and a military pensioner, having given service to the Motherland for more than 20 years - very wealthy and in nothing a needy person. What other opinion can be formed after the ceremonial plots of the media?

But people who serve in the RF Armed Forces or have retired due to seniority know perfectly well that not everything is so safe and good. These problems exist, but for some reason they are not discussed on the screens of state channels. Anything is discussed - for a whole month there may be discussions of Trump and Poroshenko, refugees in the European Union, but the true problems within the country are taboo. Meanwhile, even in such a seemingly prosperous Russian army there are problems.

In this article, we will not voice them in full, we will only say that according to the law on monetary support (allowance) of military personnel adopted in 2011, it is not being implemented - or rather, its operation was simply suspended. Just like that, the prescribed annual indexation of the monetary allowance of military personnel was canceled and has not been successfully applied for 5 years. But we will touch upon the problems of military pensioners in more detail.

According to official statistics in Russia, as of 2017, there are 2,500,000 military pensioners. That is, citizens discharged from military service to the reserve, who are subject to the Federal Law of 05/27/1998 N 76-ФЗ (as amended on 07/03/2016) "On the status of military personnel".

All these citizens, or as they often call themselves "military pensions", are entitled to a seniority pension. To acquire such a right, a serviceman must have a continuous length of military service of at least 20 years.

Pensions for military pensioners in 2017

Now, with regard to military pensions in 2017. Again, officials at all levels in the Ministry of Defense itself and in the Defense Commission of the State Duma assure the population of Russia that a military pensioner is the wealthiest of all pensioners. And he receives such a lot of money that he does not have time to travel around the world. But the military pensioners themselves know that this is far from the case.

A retired private and sergeant, with a length of service of 20 years, has a pension of about 8,000 rubles. This can be calculated using the usual military pension calculator. And all those girls and women - military personnel who fall under shelling in Syria, having served 20 years, will receive the same 8,000 rubles. That's all the gratitude of the native state. And this woman on a well-deserved military pension will not go on a round-the-world trip - but will go to get any job for 8,000 rubles a month, because after serving in the army no one really needs a person and they are not expected anywhere. AND good places distributed long ago. And so the main source of income will still remain military pension. But the state did not give up here either.

A reduction factor of 0.54 was introduced into the law on pensions for persons discharged from military service. Perhaps such a "fair decision" of the state in the history of Russia and Soviet Union was not there yet. We are not talking about other states at all. Moreover, this coefficient was introduced only for military pensioners.

This rule does not apply to judges of the Military Collegium. Supreme Court Russian Federation and military courts, prosecutors (including military personnel of the military prosecutor's office) and employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (including military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation), pensioners from among these persons and members of their families.

Another "hack" in calculating the military pension is that for an ordinary civil servant, the pension is calculated from the entire amount of earnings, including bonuses and additional payments, and for a military pensioner only from the amount of money - the salary for the position, the salary for the military rank and the percentage allowance for years of service.

Indexation of military pensions

Since the salaries of the monetary allowance of military personnel have not been increased for 5 years, accordingly, there was no increase in the military pension in this part. There was hope for a fair indexation of military pensions. But it was not there. Starting from 2014, the provisions of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 7, 2012 No. 604 are not fully implemented.

That is, the total under-indexation for 5 years amounted to more than 27%. And this is very decent money for military pensioners.

According to the general opinion of military pensioners, the incomplete implementation of Decree No. 604 actually discredits the level guaranteed by the state pension provision military personnel, in which military pensioners could count on recalculation pension payments above inflation.

Indexation of military pensions in 2017

On the indexation of military pensions in 2017. One indexing is planned and it has already passed. In February 2017, military pensions were indexed (only 4%) compared to civil pensioners(5.4%). This is extremely low and offensive indexing. Now it's written great amount appeals of military pensioners on this issue to various authorities:

President and Supreme Commander V. Putin;
Prime Minister D. Medvedev;
Assistant to the President - Head of the State Legal Department of the President of the Russian Federation;
Chairmen of the State Duma and the Federation Council;
Yu. Chaika, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation;
Minister of Defense S. Shoigu;
Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee V. Komoedov (former) and V. Shamanov (current);
Commissioner for Human Rights under the President;
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation;
Head of the Presidential Administration and many other officials and state bodies.

Military pensions in 2017 last news

The main issues in these appeals are the issues of injustice that is currently affecting military pensioners. In many replies, replies and speeches by high government officials, there is a concealment of the true state of affairs with the indexation of military pensions, and sometimes a direct distortion of the existing situation.

You can often read or hear that “... the legislative and executive authorities are working to increase the level of military pensions and prevent a decrease in the level of real incomes of military pensioners. Thus, between 2013 and 2016 pensions for military pensioners were increased by 28.6 percent, including in 2016 - by 4 percent.”

Are officials sitting in all state structures who do not know that it is necessary to take into account not only the indexation of military pensions, but also inflation over the same period? And inflation from 2013 to 2016 exceeded 40%. It turns out that real size military pensions during this period decreased. Therefore, the statement "about preventing a decrease in the level of real incomes of military pensioners" - this is misleading public opinion.

Increase in military pensions 2017

The only indexation of military pensions planned in the 2017 budget has taken place. Since February 1, military pensions have increased by 4%. This small indexation failed to change the steady downward trend in real military pensions since 2014. As a result, today military pensioners can buy 6% less goods and services with their pension than on January 1, 2012.

Since April 1, 2017, the indexation of social pensions (old-age, disability and survivor's pensions) has taken place. Social pensions increased by 1.5%, which in monetary terms amounted to approximately 65 to 180 rubles (depending on the disability group), as a result the average size pensions became equal to 8774 rubles.

So, as a result of indexing, the average size social pension increased by about 129 rubles, social pensions for disabled children - by 450 rubles, disability pensions for military personnel who underwent military service on conscription - by 181 rubles, pensions for the loss of a breadwinner - by 155 rubles.

All the best to you, dear veterans of military service! And hold on - good health to you.

Some Russian servicemen risk being left without a pension if the lower threshold of length of service is raised.

For Russian military personnel and employees of law enforcement agencies, the lower threshold of length of service may be increased. According to the Kommersant newspaper, amendments to the law on pensions for this category of citizens are under development. New bill involves an increase in the lower limit of seniority from the current 20 years to 25 years. The transitional system has not yet been worked out, it is reported that the changes will not affect those who have 20 years of service will be provided with the current contract. Everyone else will have to serve five years more to receive a military pension.

According to Kommersant, the issue price in the case of early retirement is about 350-400 billion rubles. per year and is comparable in order of magnitude to the upcoming savings on payments to military pensioners - they are made from the federal budget, as is the transfer to the Pension Fund to cover the deficit.

The authors of the project believe that this decision will relieve the budget of several hundred billion rubles annually. In response to them, judgments appeared that increasing the lower limit of seniority would not contribute to the attractiveness of military service. However, military experts interviewed by Kolokol Rossii have a different opinion and are confident that this will have a positive effect on the entire appearance of the Russian army.

As a military expert explained to the publication, a captain of the third rank of the reserve Dmitry Litovkin, an increase in the length of service for the military, in addition to saving the budget, will help strengthen the defense capability of the Russian armed forces. According to him, after such a maneuver, there will be more professionals in the ranks who are familiar with their specialty and will be able to pass on their knowledge to the younger generation of military personnel. Today, according to statistics, the military in the barracks are on average a month a year, the rest of the time they are involved in all kinds of exercises and maneuvers. Therefore, a combat and mobile army needs people with practical experience.

“During the pernicious reforms of the ex-Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov the middle level and a lot of young people were actually expelled from the army, and today the Ministry of Defense is experiencing a serious personnel crisis,” the military expert believes.

“Last year alone, 17,000 officers were returned to military service. All these people have previously lost their seniority, and, accordingly, part of the social package. By increasing the length of service, the military is trying to regain the lost opportunity, as well as to keep young specialists in the service as much as possible. Today, the defense department admits that they are trying in every possible way to interest specialists in order to prolong the contract with them, and are also trying to return previously dismissed officers to the service, otherwise there will simply be no one to train the next generation of the military. In addition, the Ministry of Defense is gradually increasing enrollment in military schools, which were closed under Serdyukov," Litovkin said.

According to the interlocutor of the publication, in the army itself, the increase in the lower limit of seniority is generally perceived positively, because they would like to serve to the maximum, receiving, in addition to guaranteed monetary allowance, which in some cases is much higher than in civilian life, officers are also provided with greater social package. Today, a Russian officer is a highly paid worker.
Moreover, the increase in service life affects the military mortgage system, under which the Ministry of Defense provides housing for military personnel. As long as a person serves, the state pays mortgage contributions for him, if the officer leaves the army earlier, then in this case he pays the remaining amount on his own. Therefore, the longer a person repays his debt to the Motherland, the higher his chance that the state will pay money for an apartment for him.

Meanwhile, according to a military political scientist, associate professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Russian Economic University named after G.V. Plekhanov, reserve lieutenant colonel Alexander Perendzhiev, the increase in the lower limit of the length of service of military personnel to 25 years, provided for by the new bill, is an expected measure to save money in the Russian budget. But it cannot but arouse the concern of military personnel who do not yet have such experience about their retirement future. In the new bill, the expert is sure, before it becomes law, it is necessary to take into account historical experience and provide the necessary social guarantees for early dismissals not on grounds that discredit them.

The idea of ​​raising the lower limit of seniority has been discussed for a long time: back in 2013, the military proposed a similar maneuver, which was proposed to be divided into two stages. Until January 1, 2019, all military personnel who served for more than 20 years, but did not retire, were planned to pay an increase of 25 percent of the amount of unreceived pension. The Ministry of Defense has proposed to finally fix the lower limit of service at 25 years since 2019.

In Soviet times, in order for an officer to receive a pension, he had to serve for at least 25 years. Today, an officer, having extensive professional experience and enough strength, retires at the age of 40, which, according to military expert Vladimir Yazikov, is an unprecedented luxury. Moreover, given his experience as a combat pilot, the expert admitted to the “Bell of Russia” that it is difficult to find a decent job in civil aviation in civilian life without having a commercial streak. Drawing an analogy with Soviet times, the interlocutor of the publication noted that earlier an officer could not retire from the army at will before the age of 45. However, today's contract system gives a person the full right to leave at the expiration of the contract, and if the lower limit of length of service in years is legalized, that is, 25 years, those who have not served this term will not receive a pension. That would be the terms of the contract.

“Today, very complex equipment enters the army, and it takes many years to master it. In the 1990s, officers left the Russian army en masse in search of better earnings. After that, there was a personnel vacuum, young officers who had no one to train came to replace highly professional personnel. Today, the situation is gradually beginning to improve,” Vladimir Yazikov explained.

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said that military pensions increased by almost 29% in three years. recent years. According to him, “in four years, a lot of work has been done to improve legislation in the field of pensions for military service veterans.

Anatoly Molchanov

President Putin, who is also the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, signed the bill, which, accordingly, after signing received the status of the law "On the suspension of the second part of Article 43 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On pensions for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, To the State Fire Service, bodies for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, and their families" in connection with the Federal Law "On the federal budget for 2018 and for the planning period 2019 and 2020".

Now that the issue of the size of the reduction factor has already been resolved, we can speak with full confidence about the size of the increase in the military pension in 2018.

The law determines that the reduction factor for calculating military pensions remains in 2018 at the level of 2017 and has a value of 72.23%. Accordingly, the basic part of the military pension for each military pension will be multiplied by this coefficient. The military pension will be cut off by this percentage in 2018.

And what about the basic part of the military pension? The basic part of the military pension in 2018 will increase by 4% due to an increase in the monetary allowance of active military personnel - their salaries for military posts and military ranks. In the corresponding telegram from Deputy Minister of Defense Shevtsova, such an increase is not even called an increase, but a “revision”:

The amount of salaries by tariff categories, by military positions and by military ranks is already known, in accordance with which military pensions will be “revised”:

We have calculated how much military pensions in rubles will increase in 2018 for various positions, pay grades and military ranks, if the salaries of active servicemen are indexed by 4%. It didn't get too thick...

Calculation of a military pension for a sergeant, squad leader, 5th tariff category, who has served 20 years in preferential and calendar terms:


Old pension (15000 + 6500 + (15000 + 6500) x0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 \u003d 10094.14 rubles

(15600+6760+(15600+6760) x 0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 = 10497.90 rubles

INCREASE BY 4% IS 403 RUB 77 KOPEK

Calculation of a military pension for a captain, company commander, 14th tariff category, who has served 20 years in preferential and calendar terms:


Old pension (22000+11000+(22000+11000)x0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 = 15493.33 rubles

New pension- salaries for military positions and military ranks are increased by 4%:

(22880 + 11440 + (22880 + 11440) x 0.3) x 0.50 x 0.7223 \u003d 16113.07 rubles

INCREASE BY 4% IS RUB 619 74 KOPEK

Calculation of a military pension for a lieutenant colonel, deputy brigade commander, 24th tariff category, who served 24 years on a calendar basis, exactly 25 years on a preferential basis:


Old pension (27000 + 12000 + (27000 + 12000) x0.3) x 0.65 x 0.7223 \u003d 23803.40 rubles

New pension - salaries for military positions and military ranks are increased by 4%:

(28080+12480+(27080+12480) x 0.3) x 0.65 x 0.7223 = 24755.53 rubles

INCREASE BY 4% IS 952 RUB 13 KOPEK

The head of the Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, most likely will not support the innovations of the department of Anton Siluanov. Photo PhotoXPress.ru

The budget crisis is pushing officials to cancel the so-called military pensions, which are received by employees of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the FSB and other law enforcement agencies. Following the reform of civil pensions, the logic of the crisis leads the economic bloc of the government to reduce the pensions of the security forces. The current military pensioners can sleep peacefully: there are no plans to cancel their pensions. But in the future, the current security forces may receive only a one-time severance pay instead of a lifetime pension - to adapt to work in civilian life. Such a decision is already being discussed in the structures of the Ministry of Finance.

The Research Financial Institute (NIFI), subordinate to the Ministry of Finance, is preparing a rationale for a new pension reform. Now security officials can become victims of optimization. This can be judged from the public speeches of the director of the NIFI Vladimir Nazarov. In his opinion, military pensions should be reviewed. And, apparently, quite radically. Nazarov spoke about some of the details last week on the air of Ekho Moskvy.

“Those who are going to go on a military pension should be offered a normal social contract instead of a pension,” the economist explained. - When a person finishes military service, if he is not disabled and everything is in order, you need to give him money for retraining, give him a large severance pay so that he has enough for a year or two of a comfortable life, and after that he, quite like a normal member of society, can work at another job.

No matter how strange the ideas discussed at the NIFI may seem, they are worth listening to. Indeed, as indicated on the website of the Ministry of Finance, among the tasks and functions of this institution are the development of the theory and methodology of financial management, forecasting, planning, drafting and executing the federal budget, preparing proposals and recommendations for improving budget legislation. In other words, the NIFI's developments in the form of a draft law can be put on the table of the head of the Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov. And he, with all the calculations and justifications in his hands, can then start lobbying for the next optimization.

If we understand by military pensions payments that are received not only by military personnel, but also by other security officials (law enforcement and penitentiary officials, security and foreign intelligence services, fire departments, etc.), as well as investigators and prosecutors, then after the reform, the budget savings can amount, according to rough estimates, from 500 to 700 billion rubles. in year. But there are also more modest expert estimates of savings - about 200 billion rubles. in year. As long as the reform has not acquired concrete outlines, it is impossible to make more accurate calculations.

However, even now it is not easy to get a military pension. She is appointed on the basis of years of service. The right to a military pension is received by persons who, on the day of dismissal, have served in law enforcement agencies for 20 years or more; as well as persons dismissed upon reaching the age limit, for health reasons or in connection with organizational and staff measures and who have reached the age of 45 on the day of dismissal, having a total length of service of 25 calendar years or more, of which at least 12 years and six months is service in law enforcement agencies.

Quite often security officials are fired before reaching the length of service required for a pension. There are cases when a citizen finds out about his non-compliance with pension requirements after his dismissal. Such underserved ones can only count on maintaining the payment of a salary for a military rank for one year. Or a disability pension.

It seems that the Ministry of Finance's reform of military pensions may abolish the very concept of "length of service." Most of the experts interviewed by NG were skeptical about the innovations of the scientific structures of the Ministry of Finance. In their opinion, the proposed reform looks provocative, moreover, it is almost unrealizable.

“This innovation will reduce the prestige of military service. And this is such a new word in world practice that the military of all countries will look at the actions of the Russian government with some dismay,” said Vasily Zatsepin, head of the military economics laboratory at the Gaidar Institute. “The revision of the conditions most likely cannot be avoided, but the complete abolition of pensions for the military is already a completely extreme option. Our law enforcement agencies have considerable weight, and they will certainly do a lot to save pensions, ”said Nikita Isaev, director of the Institute of Actual Economics.

In most developed countries, military pensioners are one of the most protected sections of the population, the expert recalls. One of the incentives to join the military is the guarantee of a stable income for many years. According to Isaev, it is not enough just to give a serviceman money for retraining: “In order for the retraining system to function effectively, it must be built from scratch. And this is not possible without additional funding. In conditions of chronic budget deficit, a vicious circle is obtained. There are obviously not enough vacancies for night watchmen for all the retirees.”

The proposed reform “will make people in uniform temporary workers who treat the state as another place of income,” fears Anton Sonichev, a lawyer for the Delovoy Farvater bureau. In his opinion, such changes will undermine the credibility of the state. “Resistance from law enforcement agencies will be very serious,” Sonichev expects.

“No one-time payment compares to regular income, especially with such lump-sum payments as now in Russia. This will lead to impairment social guarantees military pensioners, since not everyone will be able to adapt to civil life”, Roman Azatyan, legal adviser of My Family Lawyer, warns. “As practice shows, in Russia the opinion of the military departments is considered, and therefore they will be able to defend their positions,” he adds.

Many economists recall that the partial erosion of military pensions is already underway today. Military pensioners are still facing budget savings: when the authorities decide to freeze the indexation of their pensions, says Sergei Zvenigorodsky, an analyst at Solid Management. He emphasizes that the innovation of the theorists of the Ministry of Finance fully fits into the trend formed by the state: soon almost all civil pensions can go “into the category of symbolic benefits, which, given inflationary expectations, will be problematic to live on,” the expert says. No wonder the government offers the population to provide for themselves dignified old age, forming pension savings.

Although some experts see a healthy grain in the position of the head of NIFI. “The very idea of ​​retraining, regardless of pension payments, is sound, since there are many people in the army with skills that will be very useful in working in large corporations and small businesses,” says Pavel Sigal, First Vice President of Opora Rossii. A large severance pay will be attractive "for those who leave military service in a relatively young age and decides to make a career in civilian life,” he said.

Finally, some experts do not exclude that the arguments about the abolition of military pensions have a very specific political meaning. Perhaps it kind of training to the elections, Dmitry Lukashov, an analyst at IFC Markets, suggests: “First, a threat is created to cancel pensions and benefits, and then this threat is eliminated under the approval of voters.”

“So far, I personally do not know about any legislative initiatives in this area,” Nazarov later explained to NG. According to him, the budget spends almost 1% of GDP on all pensions for the security forces. “But we are not talking about, and cannot talk about, the abolition of military pensions. Servicemen who already receive a military pension will continue to receive it. This is a matter of social stability and justice. We can only talk about a gradual modification of the rules for the retirement of current servicemen: an increase in seniority requirements and the use of combined age-service experience scales, when a greater length of service will allow you to retire earlier, taking into account the professional specialization and rank of a serviceman,” says the head of the NIFI. “At the same time, there may be gaps between the period of transfer to the reserve and the appointment of a military pension. These are the gaps and it is advisable to fill in severance pay and retraining programs with subsequent employment in a civilian specialty, Nazarov explains. - If the decision to change the conditions for assigning military pensions is balanced, then the attractiveness of military service will not decrease. Understanding that you serve the Motherland, high wages, as well as a guarantee that at a difficult moment society will come to the aid of the soldier himself and his family members, is much more important than “smearing porridge on a plate”, when all the military receive a pension, regardless of their age and income "in civilian life".

“I hope that a balanced solution can find understanding among the employees and leadership of all law enforcement agencies. The military are people, first of all, who care about the welfare of their country. Now this benefit is to make the serviceman's social package more targeted, taking into account the possibility and desire of the serviceman to start a civilian career, as well as more fully taking into account the financial situation of the servicemen and their families,” concludes Nazarov.

“In its pure form, the severance pay scheme is not used in most countries. However, the current Russian scheme is also not very common, when the appointment of a military pension occurs immediately upon dismissal from the armed forces with a certain length of service without any reference to the age of the serviceman, his ability to work in a civilian specialty and financial situation, ”Nazarov clarifies.