Picket against scanty pensions accrued by the state to the
military pensioners was held by the Ministry of Defence today.
The activists of the YABLOKO party and the Elder Generation
movement (the former Pensioners’ Party) protested against
the present system of calculation of pensions basing on the
fixed wage only and neglecting all the wage increments and
bonuses the military normally get. This system leaves military
pensioners with tiny pensions despite their real aggregate
earnings during their service.
The activists of the Youth YABLOKO held a banner “Military
Pensions Are a Shame on the State!”
General Major in reserve and leader of the Moscow Region
YABLOKO branch Anton Gorodetsky noted that the situation with
military pensioners sharply aggravated,” as tiny pensions
were not increased during Vladimir Putin’s and Dmitry Medvedev’s
presidency.
Leader of the Elder Generation movement Alexei Borschenko
told that the situation in regions is worse than in Moscow,
when military pensions are even lower than scanty civil pensions.
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin called tiny military pensions
unjust and disrupting the defence potential of the country.
YABLOKO will try to restore justice as regards military pensioners.
Such pickets will take place not only in Moscow but also in
Russia’s regions.
See also:
Human
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