Starting in October 2025, pensions will be increased for military personnel and law enforcement officers. In addition to indexation, some regions are planning special payments for Senior Citizens' Day.
The speaker noted that the state has increased taxes for wealthy citizens. Now, Russians pay 22% tax if they earn more than 1.2 million rubles per year.
According to Pishchalnikov, simply forcing people to voluntarily transfer money to the state is impossible. Pension funds abroad are actively investing and earning additional funds. Meanwhile, Russian pensioners receive insufficient money, despite Russia being considered a wealthy country.
"We are the richest country in the world, and our people can't earn 25,000 rubles," Pishchalnikov said on a broadcast on the Public News Service television channel.
The new tax law provides for the following tax distribution: people with an income of less than 200,000 rubles per month pay the standard tax of 13%; For incomes between 200,000 and 400,000 rubles, the tax rate is 15%; for incomes between 400,000 and 1.5 million rubles, the rate is 18%; for incomes between 1.5 million and 4 million rubles, the tax rate is 20%; and above 4 million rubles, the annual tax rate is a maximum of 22%.
Earlier, the State Duma assessed a proposal to transfer the wealth of deceased Russians to the state.