Russians rally against raising pension ages for men, women

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 2:40 pm, Sunday, July 1, 2018

MOSCOW (AP) — Opponents of the Russian government's proposal to raise the eligibility ages for pensions are holding demonstrations throughout the country.

Several hundred people held an unsanctioned rally in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok. Authorized rallies also took place Sunday in the Far East and Siberia, as well as in western Russia. No cities hosting the soccer World Cup were affected.

Russia's Cabinet sent parliament a proposal last month to gradually bring the pension age for men from 60 to 65 and to increase it from 55 to 63 for women. The average pension is 14,000 rubles ($230) a month.

The issue spans an unusually wide swath of Russian politics. Rallies were organized by the Communist Party, the liberal Yabloko party and the organization of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most vehement foe.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Russians-rally-against-raising-pension-ages-for-13041121.php

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[JI7]

1. Don't they have a low life expectancy ?

So that means many will never recieve anything or just for a short time.

[TomVilmer]

5. It is actually getting a bit better

Economy is going fine, and Russian life expectancy has reached record highs. Russians born in 2016 are expected to live 72 years - with the average Russian woman living to be 77, compared to 66.5 years for men. After the transition to market economies life expectancy for men fell abruptly from 65 years in 1987 to a low of 57 years in 1994, but has since recovered.

[Leghorn21]

2. Nyet, my Russian brothers and sisters - Mogilevich's sanctioned goons and capos are all in a bind

now - Prigozhin, Vekselberg, Torshin, Deripaska ETC ETFUCKINCETERA are all a little strapped for cash these days, see? So hey, march all you like, but this ain’t gonna happen.

Christ but I hate these motherfuckers

[BigmanPigman]

3. Is Putin being influenced by the US

age requirements? I thought he was supposed to hate the US way of doing everything/anything.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Did Putin tell them they'd better take it easy?

[Napolion]

6. Putin: let's discuss this over drinks

That will make you very sleepy. Forever.