The PFR was told about raising pensions to the subsistence level

The head of the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) Anton Drozdov specified how much money from the federal budget will be sent to raise the level of Russian pensions to the subsistence level. About 100 billion rubles will be sent from the federal budget to the regions for these purposes. In 2017, 99.7 billion rubles will be shared among 69 subjects of the Russian Federation. According to Anton Drozdov, pensions in 2017 will grow by 4.5%. "It turns out that with a planned inflation of 3.7%, there will be an increase in pensions in real terms," the head of the Russian Newspaper, PFR, quotes.