Member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs Svetlana Bessarab commented on the impossibility of revising the approach to the indexation of pensions in the current economic conditions. She noted that in a market economy the principle of “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” cannot be realized.

According to Bessarab, to ensure social protection of pensioners, it is necessary to rely on real contributions made by the able-bodied population. There are 75 million able-bodied citizens in Russia, who pay 22% of pension contributions, providing almost 43 million pensioners. This system allows to maintain the level of pensions at least at the level of inflation, thus providing real protection to pensioners.

Bessarab emphasized in a conversation with RT that every year the state seeks to increase the indexation of pensions so that the real income of pensioners corresponds to the inflation rate. That is, indexation of pensions according to needs will lead to the introduction of a planned economy, which, in her opinion, will cause deficits and other economic problems.

Earlier, social pensions in the Russian Federation from April 1 were indexed by 14.75%. Also earlier became known the grounds for the suspension of insurance pensions in Russia.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова

Potatoes are still the leader in Russia in terms of the rate of price increase among fruits and vegetables. At the same time, price growth accelerated last week. At the same time, there is a decrease in prices for bananas.

According to Rosstat, from April 1 to April 7, the price of potatoes increased by 4.3%. In the previous week, the rise in price amounted to 4%

There was also recorded an increase in the cost of beets by 3.6% (previously 2.5%), cabbage - by 2.3% (+2.1%), carrots - by 1.6% (+0.8%), onions - by 0.7% (+0.5%), tomatoes - by 0.5% (+1.7%) and apples - by 0.5% (+0.4%).

Cucumbers became cheaper by 1.1% (previously there was an increase of 0.4%). Bananas also showed a downward trend in price, having fallen by 0.4% over the week (against an increase of 0.3% a week earlier).

Overall, the increase in the cost of horticultural products slowed to 0.9% last week, down from 1.3% a week earlier.

Since the beginning of the year, the largest price increase is observed for potatoes - 34.5%. Cabbage rose in price by 19.5%, beets by 18.2%, tomatoes by 13.8%, bananas by 9.8%, carrots by 8.3%, onions by 8% and apples by 7.7%.

In 2024, fruit and vegetable products in the country became more expensive by 22.1%.

By the way, Russia may have a “price ceiling” for potatoes.

Earlier, the Federal Antimonopoly Service explained why potatoes have risen in price in Russia.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова