Amendments on additional payments to Russian pensioners were adopted

Deputies supported the legislative initiative of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Vadim Krasnoselsky on amending the Law "On the Budget of the Unified State Social Insurance Fund of the PMR for 2022" at the plenary session today. The amendments provide for additional payments for Russian pensioners, who are now suffering financial losses due to the exchange rate difference. Amendments to the Law will allow providing financial support. The state is ready to guarantee payment of at least the Pridnestrovian pension that a person received before switching to the Russian one, taking into account its indexation during this time. The PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky in his legislative initiative proposed taking for calculation the exchange rate of the day following the day the money was credited to pensioners' accounts. AS it happens now not the first day of the month, Russian pensions can be equalized to the pension that citizens could receive in Pridnestrovie. An example of how this will work was given by Minister Elena Kulichenko.

In practice, it looks like this. For example, a pensioner received a pension from the Russian Federation in the amount of 8500 Russian rubles. When converting this amount into Pridnestrovian rubles on March 1, the total amount of the pension will be 1388.05 rubles (8500 x 0.1633). And at the exchange rate as of March 9, 2022 (the date the funds were credited to the recipient's account) - 1151.75 rubles (8500 x 0.1355). If the Pridnestrovian pension of this pensioner was accrued in the amount of 1560 rubles, the compensation at the exchange rate on March 1 will be 171.95 rubles, and at the exchange rate on the date the funds were credited to the recipient's account - 408.25 PMR rubles.

Surcharges do not compensate for losses to the pensioner. However, they will not allow a decrease in the level of pensions below the Pridnestrovian one, they noted at the plenary session.

Another amendment from the President - the additional payment due to the difference in exchange rates is planned to be automatically credited to the accounts of Russian pensioners, there is no need to submit any documents or certificates for recalculation.

Parliamentarians supported the legislative initiative of the President today. The document was adopted in two readings at once and was sent for signature to the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The law "On the budget of the Unified State Social Insurance Fund of the PMR for 2022" will enter into force immediately after publication and will be effective from March 1, 2022.

Payments to Russian pensioners who are citizens of Pridnestrovie and live on the territory of the republic will be made at the expense of the budget limits of the Unified State Social Insurance Fund. The first surcharges are expected to be paid by the end of March.