Overview
- Early payment applies to those who usually get pensions via banks from January 1 to 11, with funds credited by December 30.
- Postal delivery will run on the normal schedule from January 3 to 25, with cash pickup available at post office counters.
- All pension categories are included—insurance, social, funded, old‑age, and disability—along with any additional Social Fund payments.
- Payments will be processed automatically, and bank-based disbursements return to the standard timetable after the holidays.
- Insurance pensions for January are indexed by 7.6%, lifting the average to about 27,700 rubles for more than 38 million recipients.