Overview
- Russia’s Social Fund said monthly pension changes are not general indexation and apply only when a recipient’s status changes, such as turning 80 or being assigned I‑group disability.
- The fixed payment within the insurance pension is 8,907.70 rubles in 2025 and increases to 17,815.40 rubles from the date of eligibility without any application.
- Recipients who already receive the maximum fixed payment due to I‑group disability do not get a second increase upon turning 80, and the same rule applies in reverse.
- Military pensioners are excluded from the fixed payment because they receive an insurance pension without this component alongside a security‑agency pension.
- An expert cited by TASS estimated that a self‑employed person would need to contribute about 447,498.54 rubles annually for 15 years to target an insurance pension near 25,000 rubles, with 2025 voluntary options ranging from 59,241.6 rubles (~0.975 points) to 473,932.8 rubles (~7.799 points) payable by December 1.