The amount of indexation of the social pension from April 1, 2020 has become known. The corresponding decree on increasing payments was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
Social pensions of Russians from April 1, 2020 will be indexed by 6.1%. The document, which was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, was published on the official legal information portal.
It states, in particular: “To approve the indexation coefficient of social pensions in the amount of 1.061 from April 1, 2020.”
The indexation, which will take place from April 1, will affect 4 million people, of which 3.2 million are recipients of social pensions (those who have not earned the length of service required to receive an insurance pension).
Costs for increasing pensions will amount to 2.41 billion rubles per month, or 21.7 billion rubles by the end of this year.
What is the “Northern” pension
Due to difficult labor, climatic and weather conditions in the regions of the Far North, the health of people living there, working permanently or employed on a rotational basis suffers. Often, such employees, due to their work, acquire chronic pathologies of the respiratory, nervous, reproductive systems, as well as circulatory and hematopoietic disorders. The state takes into account the labor characteristics of workers. They are provided with increased wages, as well as a special northern pension of increased size.
REFERENCE. Citizens of the Russian Federation who have length of service in the regions of the Far North can count on early payment of benefits. Men and women begin to receive it at 60 and 55 years of age, respectively.
What territories belong to the Far North?
A complete list of territories with special climatic conditions is listed in Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 12 of 01/03/1983. Among other things, it makes a distinction between the regions of the Far North and equivalent regions.
The list of the first includes:
- Islands in the Arctic Ocean, Bering and Okhotsk Seas.
- Complete territories: Murmansk and Magadan regions, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Kamchatka Territory, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
- Some areas: Arkhangelsk, Irkutsk, Tyumen, Sakhalin region, the Komi Republic, Karelia, Tyva, Khabarovsk and Krasnoyarsk Territories, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.
The remaining territories of these subjects are predominantly equated to the northern ones.
Some regions of the following constituent entities of the Russian Federation are considered equal:
- Amur and Tomsk regions.
- Perm, Primorsky, Transbaikal regions.
- Republics of Altai and Buryatia.
Regulations governing the northern pension
Today in the Russian Federation, the establishment and payment of salaries is regulated by three main laws:
- Federal Law No. 166 “On State Pension Security” (for citizens receiving state support);
- Federal Law No. 173 “On Labor Pensions” (from the beginning of 2020, only part of the provisions governing the procedure for calculating and paying pensions assigned before the end of 2014 is relevant);
- Federal Law No. 400 “On Insurance Pensions” (for persons retiring after 2020).
Is it possible to receive a social pension and be employed?
The state does not allow employed citizens to receive a social pension. In any attempt to circumvent the law, you may be faced with a demand from the state to return the payments received, as well as completely lose your pension.
It is important to know! The fact is that the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation can track the insurance contributions made by the employer and prove the guilt of a citizen who tries to circumvent the law.
A social pension cannot be assigned to an employed citizen
Conditions for receiving a northern pension
According to established standards, men and women living or working in the Northern regions can qualify for a preferential pension under different conditions.
Experience
From 2020, a man can retire at age 60 if the following conditions are met:
- 15 years of work experience in the northern regions or 20 years in regions equivalent to them;
- 25 years of total experience.
For women, the retirement age will be 55 years under the following conditions:
- 15 years of work in the Far North or 20 years in equivalent territories;
- 20 years of total work experience.
IMPORTANT! For women with two or more children, a simplified condition for early retirement is provided: 12 years of work in the regions of the Far North and 17 for those equivalent to them.
Age
Since 2020, the retirement age for northerners has increased to 60 and 55 years for men and women, respectively. Women who have completed northern work experience and have given birth to at least two children can begin receiving salaries at the age of 50.
REFERENCE. For every 12 months of work in the Far North, the retirement age will be reduced by 4 months. For regions equated to the northern regions, a recalculation is performed.
Holidays in the North in summer
A holiday in the north of Russia will open an “unread page” for southerners in the “book of gastronomic tourism” (the “Pomeranian Expeditions” tour and the gastronomic holiday in Kargopol “Lamb Sunday”). Such a trip will introduce you to such truly northern dishes as fish and meat stroganina, ritual pastries (made in a real Russian oven), fruit drinks made from lingonberries, cloudberries, cranberries, stone fruits, Canadian and Swedish turf, bearberry and crowberry. By the way, picking these berries is a pleasure in itself. We also find the last four varieties in the taiga. And against the backdrop of frail vegetation, finding these gifts of nature will not be difficult. If we have already started talking about the collecting industry, then we will also talk about northern mushrooms. Only in the Vologda region, Karelia and further north will you find such a large number of boletus (boletus) and redhead (boletus).
Continuing the story about tourism with a fishing bias, we point out that in the summer, a vacation in the North provides a unique chance to catch delicious representatives of the ichthyofauna of the northern seas - as is known, the most delicious... There are many offers related to organized fishing tours - both cruises and accommodation at specialized bases recreation.
So we started about animals. Summer, autumn and spring observations of colonies of “Red Book” birds even received a separate name in tourism - birdwatching. This direction requires good binoculars.
Holidays in the North in the summer are an opportunity to photograph examples of unique wooden architecture against the backdrop of the still green northern flora. Welcome to the ancient villages and towns of the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions! Frost won't hurt! Of course, the most famous such ensemble (Kizhi) is located in the Karelian part of Lake Onega. It remains to make an exception and name the north of the Central Federal District. There are also quite a few very ancient buildings preserved here. But without nails... only in the North.
Finally, in the midst of the frantic activity of the southern sun, the North is attractive with its coolness.
How is northern experience calculated?
The main principle of calculation is the calendar determination of the time actually worked in the North. In this case, full calendar days of work are taken into account. Periods when citizens were looking for work or were on stock exchanges in the Northern regions will not be counted.
To qualify for a northern pension, you need to work in extreme regions for at least 15 years and at least 20 years for equal regions. Experience requirements are reduced for those who have worked in hazardous industries for some time.
The retirement age may be reduced by four months for each year of work in the North after 7 years.
What is included in the northern experience?
Labor activity in the Far North includes single-shift, rotational, and combined work. If a person works part-time at two enterprises at the same time, the length of service is added to the northern one. The same rule is relevant for young professionals working full time.
Northern experience includes:
- periods when the person officially performed work duties;
- time spent on professional development;
- obtaining higher or secondary specialized education;
- child care time up to 1.5 years;
- paid holidays;
- sick leave time.
When working on a rotational basis, the following are taken into account:
- the time the employee performs his duties;
- rest periods between shifts;
- the time an employee spends traveling to the site from home or dorm.
What periods are not included in the northern experience?
The following periods are excluded from the northern period of service, but are included in the general insurance period:
- the period of military service in normal climatic conditions;
- child care time 1.5–3.5 years;
- leave to care for a disabled child;
- the duration of a person’s unemployed status, regardless of whether he was registered with the Employment Center.
When calculating work experience, the following are not taken into account at all:
- the time required to dismiss an employee due to reduction;
- periods of unpaid leave;
- time spent donating blood (donation).
An example of calculating the northern length of service for a pension
If the employee’s working time exceeds 15 years, then everything is simple - retirement age will come 5 years earlier. However, there are more complex cases:
- 1 case: an employee worked in the north for less than 15 but more than 7.5 years.
- Case 2: the employee worked in areas that are equivalent to the northern ones.
- Case 3: a person working in the Far North worked in difficult conditions included in the lists and 1 2 approved by Resolution of the USSR Council of Ministers of August 22, 1956 No. 1173.
In the first case, the citizen’s retirement age will decrease by 4 months for each year. You will get the following:
| Term of the work | Time by which the retirement age is reduced |
| 7 years 6 months | 2 years 4 months |
| 8 years | 2 years 8 months |
| 9 years | 3 years |
| 10 years | 3 years 4 months |
| 11 years | 3 years 8 months |
| 12 years | 4 years |
| 13 years | 4 years 4 months |
| 14 years | 4 years 8 months |
| 15 years | 5 years |
In the second case, 12 months of work in equated northern regions is equal to 9 months of work in the Far North.
The following formula is used for calculation:
length of service (in days) 12 * 9. example:
the person has 18 years of experience = 216 months = 6570 days.
6570 / 12 * 9 = 4927 days = 162 months = 13 years and 6 months.
In the third case , when combining two benefits (early retirement) for work in the Far North and work in difficult conditions, they will be summed up.
Do I need to confirm northern experience and how?
As a rule, information from the work book is sufficient to confirm northern work experience. But if a person worked in a division of a Moscow or other company, there may be incorrect records in it. Then you need to request certificates indicating specific periods of work on a rotational basis.
If it is necessary to confirm service in the Armed Forces for length of service, a military ID is required. Relevant extracts and certificates are also used to confirm other facts.
If an unemployed pensioner finds a job, what will happen?
If an elderly citizen receives a regular old-age pension, then no major changes will occur. He will also receive a pension, only now it will not be indexed annually. However, situations arise when a working pensioner cannot receive a pension.
If a pensioner starts working, he will not stop receiving a pension
For example, payments will not be made if the following was previously assigned:
- social pension;
- pension paid due to the loss of a breadwinner;
- state superannuation pension;
- social supplement to the basic pension;
- payment for caring for an elderly citizen or a disabled person of group 1.
It is important to know! Also, if it is discovered that after employment a citizen will continue to receive additional payments to his pension, he will have to return them.
New retirement age requirements for northerners
Since 2020, the retirement age has increased. Now you need to work an additional five calendar years. For men, the retirement age is 65 years, for women – 60. Transitional periods last until 2028. Officials have determined a grace period, and if a citizen during this time receives the right to benefits according to the rules that were relevant earlier, he will need to work not for five years, but significantly less. The table will help you understand the transitional rules of age and retirement dates.
Pensioners working in the north retained the right to retire early. But the previously established values are also increased by five years. Thus, for men the time to retire is 60 years instead of 55, for women – 55 instead of 50.
For men
The new age for the “northern pension” for men is 60 years.
In addition, the following general rules apply:
- The “period of working capacity” in 2020 is extended not by a year, but by 6 months.
- The increase is envisaged not for 2, but for 1.5 years.
The retirement schedule for northerners from 2020 is presented in the table.
Women
For women, the retirement age is increased from 50 to 55 years. Otherwise, all promotion rules are similar to those for men. An exception is women who have given birth to 2 or more children and have a total experience of at least 20 years (of which 12 in the regions of the Far North or 17 in equivalent regions) in accordance with clause 2, part 1 of Art. 32 No. 400-FZ, as before, they can issue payments early at the age of 50 years.
What are the reasons for the grievances of pensioners?
There is a separate category of pensioners to whom the state provides social supplements to the basic pension. This allows them to receive an income that is not lower than the subsistence level. In connection with the indexation, many pensioners from the category under consideration were surprised that their pension increased insignificantly or decreased altogether.
Social benefits provide pensioners with an amount that is not less than the subsistence level
It is important to know! However, this does not mean at all that indexing was not applied to it. It is likely that the citizen was not able to feel the increase due to an increase in stable additional payments and a corresponding decrease in social benefits.
To understand the situation, it is worth considering one example. Let a person be assigned a pension, the amount of which was about 8,000 rubles. In connection with the living wage established by the state, the citizen also received a social supplement in the amount of 846 rubles.
After the indexation was carried out, the pension payments of the citizen in question were increased by 7.05%, which led to the amount reaching 8,564 rubles. However, he will continue to receive 8,846 rubles, as the amount of compensation from the state will decrease.
Early retirement for residents and workers of the Far North
Persons who worked in the North may retire much earlier than others. Thus, men with a total experience of 25 years, of which 15 were work in the regions of the Far North or 20 in equivalent regions, according to the new rules, become pensioners at 60 years old, women - at 55. For other citizens, according to the new law, the retirement age is 65 years for men or 60 years for women.
Persons who have 25 years of experience in the Far North as hunters, fishermen or reindeer herders for men and 20 years for women can retire another five years earlier.
Like all residents of the Russian Federation, for workers in the northern regions the transition period to raise the retirement age will last until 2028. Below is a table of retirement taking into account innovations.
Northern pension size
The pension includes two parts - insurance and fixed. The insurance part does not change depending on whether the person worked in the North. A fixed payment in accordance with clause 4 of Art. 17 No. 400-FZ increases by 50% for:
- men with 25 years of experience or more, of which at least 15 years in the Far North;
- women with 20 years of experience, of which 15 or more have undergone CS.
The amount of the bonus will depend on the size of the fixed payment. In 2020, it was raised to 5,686.25 rubles. Thus, pensioners with sufficient work experience receive additional payment:
- 2843.13 rubles when working in the Far North (1421.56 rubles for disabled people of the third group);
- 1,705.87 rubles when working in areas equated to the CS (852.94 rubles for disabled people of the third group).
If a pensioner is entitled to an increased fixed payment for other reasons, the increase for work in the North will be set in addition to the previously assigned increases. This applies to disabled people of group 1, persons over 80 years of age, citizens who are dependent on disabled family members.
The table below shows the amounts of fixed payments for various additional payment options for 2020.
Cash supplement for migrants to the North
Those who move to the Far North from other regions are entitled to a salary increase. This is a premium for the regional coefficient that is relevant for a specific territory. Recalculation will be carried out from the date of registration in the Northern region.
Regional coefficient table
The fixed payment for persons living in the North increases by the regional coefficient established in a particular region. This is stated in Part 9 of Art. 17 No. 400-FZ. The rules for establishing additional payments are determined by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 249 of March 18, 2015.
Thus, for the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug the fixed payment will be doubled, since the coefficient is 2.0, for the Magadan Region - by 70% (1.7, etc.).
The additional payment is calculated at the request of the citizen himself. The pension increase will be established for the entire period of residence in the Northern Territory. An application for the use of the regional coefficient is submitted to the Pension Fund every year. There is no need to do this annually if the pensioner receives payments through the mail or another delivery organization.
IMPORTANT! Please note that a pensioner can only use one way to increase their pension - using a coefficient or receiving additional payment for northern experience.
Formula for calculating the northern pension
The amount of state benefits for northerners is determined by a general formula, but some indicators have increased values.
The formula is as follows: SP = IPK × CostIPK + FV , where:
- SP – northern pension.
- IPC is an individual pension coefficient accumulated by a person at the time of retirement. The calculation takes into account the total length of service, salary and insurance contributions. The IPC has minimum values. In 2020 it is 16.2 points. Until 2024, this figure will increase until it reaches 30 points.
- CostIPK is an indicator of the cost of one pension point in monetary terms. In 2020, this value is 87.24 rubles. The amount of indexation is determined based on the inflation rate for the reporting period.
- FV is a fixed payment, the amount of which is determined by law and is indexed annually. In 2020 it is 5334.19 rubles.
REFERENCE. The number of pension points can be found through the State Services portal. Access there is provided through a verified account. Data can also be obtained through the Pension Fund or MFC, where you need to call and make an appointment.
The additional payment to the state benefit is determined based on the increasing coefficient for a specific region. On average, the amount increases by 50–60%.
Online calculator for calculating the northern pension
You can easily and quickly calculate the amount of your northern pension. To do this, you need to look at the last letter received from the Pension Fund. If for certain reasons it does not arrive, you need to visit the regional branch of the Pension Fund to enter the database.
The online calculator will do the rest of the work for you. You can find it on the websites of non-state pension funds and a number of other organizations. A convenient calculator is located on the “Pensioner's Office” website.
ATTENTION! For correct calculations, enter only relevant and reliable information into the calculator.
To calculate in the calculator indicate:
retirement age;
amount of children;
period spent in the army or on maternity leave;
the amount of pension savings;
amount of additional contributions – if any;
estimated return on funds (when transferred to the state Pension Fund is 7%, in non-state ones it may vary).
After entering all the data, click on the “Calculate” link. The calculator will give you the size of your future pension – both the funded and the insurance part.
IMPORTANT! The resulting figure will not be 100% accurate. It may change taking into account external factors (for example, a surge in inflation).
Northern pension indexation
The size of the fixed salary payment is indexed every year, that is, it increases by a percentage established by law. Due to this, the bonus for northerners for work experience also increases. Since 2020, the rate of indexation has outpaced inflation. The interest rates by which the amounts of fixed payments will increase until 2024 are now known.
Thus, in 2020, the fixed payment was indexed and amounted to 5,686.25 rubles. The amounts of northern surcharges are determined taking into account this value. That is, they are 2843.13 and 1705.88 rubles.
For whom will the pension supplement of 1000 rubles be accrued?
It’s worth noting right away that not everyone is entitled to such an allowance. Only those categories of citizens whose pension amount exceeds or equals the amount of 14.4 thousand rubles will be able to receive it. If the amount in question turns out to be lower, then the social allowance will decrease significantly.
As for the bonus of 1,000 rubles, it represents the annual planned increase in pension benefits. For example, this year the percentage of such collateral will rise to 7.05%. In this case, the calculation of indexation is carried out taking into account the inflation indicators of the last year.
If we consider 2020, the indexation rate was almost twice as high as the inflation rate. For example, inflation was 4.3%, and indexation was as much as 7.05%.
It is important to know! Thus, it is not difficult to guess how much the insurance pension will increase. To get the exact number, it is enough to multiply your existing pension by 0.705.
The supplement represents an annual increase in pension
It is worth noting that such a bonus is only due to those pensioners who were not employed at the time of calculating the indexation indicator. Additionally, the state plans to increase the average pension size to 20,000 rubles by 2024.
At one of the meetings held in the summer, it was noted that pension payments would increase by 1,000 rubles per month, and then the final amount of the increase by the end of the year would reach 12,000 rubles. Many pensioners have decided that they will receive a pension with an increase of 1000 every month during the year, but the system works a little differently.
It was meant that an increase in indexation to 7.05% at the beginning of 2020 would lead to an increase in the pension size by 1,000 rubles, and thus in a year it would be possible to increase the amount of payments by 12,000 compared to the previous year. However, no monthly increases will be made.
The government plans to increase pensions annually
Procedure for obtaining a northern pension
The procedure for applying for a northern pension is almost identical to applying for a regular one.
It includes the following steps:
- Preparation of documents. The list may change depending on your specific situation.
- Checking all papers and rights. This step is optional, but it's better to be on the safe side.
- Apply for benefits and receive a decision. The application is submitted along with all documents.
List of documents
When applying to the Pension Fund, a person must confirm the circumstances affecting the fact of receiving a pension and determining its size. The list of documents may vary.
The general list includes:
- passport;
- work book and other documents to confirm work activity;
- salary certificate for 5 consecutive years;
- certificates of change of surname, name or other data.
Additionally, other papers may be needed.
Standard application form for pension. It can be obtained from the Pension Fund.
Where to contact?
You can apply for a pension at the territorial branch of the Pension Fund or MFC. The first method is good because you can immediately get a consultation, while the second makes it possible to speed up the procedure and carry it out on a more convenient schedule.
It is also possible to submit an application through the State Services portal. But in this case, the original documents will still have to be provided to the MFC or Pension Fund. They can be sent by mail or transmitted through a representative. In the latter case, an additional power of attorney is required.
Deadlines
The established period for making a decision on granting a pension is 10 working days. But in fact it may increase, for example, if the set of documents is incomplete. It is recommended to first obtain advice from the Pension Fund.
How is the pension increased to the subsistence level?
Everyone knows that the size of pensions differs for certain categories of citizens. So, for example, previously some people’s pension payments were quite high, while for others they barely reached the subsistence level.
The state decided to make changes for citizens who receive a small pension and increase it to the minimum threshold. Social benefits have appeared. Today there are two types of social surcharges:
- Regional surcharges. To receive such additional payments, a citizen must contact the social security authorities. As a result, he will receive an increase if the amount of his pension does not exceed the subsistence minimum established at the federal level.
- Federal surcharges. To receive this type of additional payment, you will need to contact the Pension Fund directly. In this case, the pension will increase by the amount necessary to achieve the minimum subsistence level established by the region.
Pensioners can count on social supplements if they have a small pension
It is important to know! It is worth noting that the additional payment in any case is accrued exclusively to non-working pensioners.
Northern pension for military personnel
Military personnel are recruited to serve in the army in the Far North under standard contracts. They do not indicate benefits and allowances, but they do contain information about the locality where the military man will serve.
Persons serving in the regions of the Far North can count on increased pensions. As in other cases, it depends on the regional coefficient. Pensions for military personnel are generally higher than for civilians, and northern coefficients provide an even greater advantage.
REFERENCE. After discharge, military retirees can claim a second pension earned in civilian service. To do this, you need to register with the Pension Fund, receive an insurance certificate and start accumulating points by getting a job at a civilian enterprise.
What is required for military personnel serving in the Far North?
Military personnel in the Far North are entitled to a number of benefits, including an increase in pensions, a reduction in service life and the opportunity to retire earlier.
However, for privileges to become available, three components are needed:
- age of the person;
- life time;
- insurance experience.
All these indicators are clearly stated in the law. Thus, the period of service for military personnel in the Far North, regardless of their level, is 15 years, and for territories equated to the CS - 20 years or more.
The insurance period is 20 years for women and 25 years for men. According to the new rules, the retirement age has increased from 50 to 55 for women and from 55 to 60 for men. Since this figure increases gradually, in 2020 it is 51.5 years for women and 56.5 years for men.
When determining a serviceman's length of service, only service in the Far North and equivalent territories is taken into account. Business trips are not taken into account. For military personnel, preferential northern experience is provided. Its calculation assumes that the total service life is calculated not by its actual time, but by taking into account an additional factor. The coefficients differ depending on the region and position:
| 2 | Regions of the Far North and equivalent to them for investigative units, physical protection departments, and operatives. |
| 2 | For employees in the Department of Internal Affairs and fire safety in the Far North in the first category. |
| 2 | For employees of the National Guard in the regions of the Constitutional Court in the first category. |
| 1,5 | For members of expeditions of ships and vessels along the Northern Sea Route. |
| 1,5 | Northern regions in the second category - for employees in the Department of Internal Affairs, the National Guard, fire safety, and so on. |
Military personnel belong to categories entitled to a pension for long service. This figure is at least 20 years, taking into account the preferential length of service. In fact, northerners who served in the territories of the Far North, classified as category 1, receive the required length of service after 10 years of continuous service. For each year of service beyond the length of service they are entitled to an additional 3% to their pension.
IMPORTANT! When retiring, a military man must choose what type of benefit he wants to receive: a labor pension or for long service.
A serviceman who retired due to length of service and has never worked anywhere else cannot count on a second pension. If he gets a job as a civilian, then, having reached retirement age and having worked in civilian life for at least five years, he has the right to another pension - a labor pension, which is combined with the military one.
Conscripts who served under the Conscription in the Far North and equivalent territories can count on preferential inclusion of this period in their work experience. So, if you served for 2 years, 4 will be taken into account.
Nuances of calculating pensions for northern military personnel
The size of a military personnel's pension is calculated based on:
- official salary;
- salary according to rank;
- bonuses for length of service;
- northern coefficient.
The regional coefficient depends on the region and is 1.15–2. The law determines that the amount of the pension cannot exceed the allowance of a career military personnel, therefore, a reduction factor may be taken into account in calculations. In 2020 it is 0.7368.
How to apply for a pension for a soldier who served in the North?
Military pensions are paid from the federal budget, so they, unlike civilians, do not apply for it to the Pension Fund.
To process payments, the following documents are required:
- passport;
- military ID;
- papers confirming residence in the northern regions;
- documents confirming service in the North.
Additionally, documents may be required on family composition, confirming the presence of dependents, etc., a package of documents is sent to the relevant department of the Ministry of Turnover. Most often this is the pension department of military commissariats at the place of residence.
Tour program
Day 1
Arrival in Murmansk . Meeting at the airport at 11:00 or 12:00 at the railway station. On this day you will walk around Murmansk: you will see the wheelhouse of the sunken APRK "Kursk", visit the hill on which the monument to the defenders of the Arctic is erected and visit the nuclear icebreaker "Lenin" with an individual excursion for our group. Next, take a comfortable minibus to the village of Teriberka (the journey takes about 2.5 hours). Along the way you can see how the landscape changes as you move away from the city. There are fewer and fewer trees, and more and more hills, lakes and fields with giant stone boulders. Arrival in Teriberka . Hotel accommodation. Meet the group. Dinner with pies. Overnight at the hotel. (In the evening after dinner, depending on the weather, we expect to see the northern lights)
Day 2
In the morning you will either go for a 2-hour walk at sea (depending on the weather) or visit the ship cemetery, where the skeletons of former fishing boats found their final refuge, and to the village of Staraya Teriberka. Leviathan was filmed here, hundreds of boats come here every year in the hope of a successful cod catch, and ordinary people live here. Take a walk along the gorgeous sandy beach and then drink hot tea in a local cafe overlooking the bay. Wander around the old village, see local life and art objects. Return to the hotel. Celebrating the New Year at the festive table. (In the evening after dinner, weather permitting, observation of the northern lights)
Day 3
After breakfast, you will go on snowmobiles to the amazing northern waterfall that forms on the very edge of the Barents Sea. At this time it looks more like an icefall, but no less beautiful than in summer. You explore the coast and the current weather station, which has been operating since the end of the 19th century. Amazing landscapes and features of the geological structure of the coast do not leave anyone indifferent. Huge slabs and giant boulders against which the surf crashes. A paradise for nature lovers, romantics and photographers, a storehouse of insatiable fresh sea air that you will take with you and remember forever! (In the evening after dinner, weather permitting, observation of the northern lights)
Day 4
Check out from the hotel and move to the Sami village. Here you can see rabbits, huskies, elk, and deer. Animals can be photographed, fed, petted. Reindeer sledding. Tasting fish soup and national Sami drinks. Dressing in national clothes. Snowmobiling. At the end of the program, transfer to Murmansk and check-in at a 3-4* hotel (Meridian or Azimut hotel).
Day 5
After breakfast, check out from the hotel and go husky riding. Arrival at the sled dog nursery where you will get acquainted with husky dogs, see equipment for sledding sports, ride in a dog sled, try delicious forest tea from a real Russian samovar on coals with pastries, and of course take many beautiful photos with blue-eyed four-legged beauties! Return to Murmansk. Airport transfer. Estimated time of arrival at the airport is 17:00. End of the program.
Tour cost: 55,000 ₽
Included in the price
1. Transfer by comfortable minibus along the route Murmansk-Teriberka-Murmansk; 2. Accommodation in Teriberka in a hotel with all amenities (double rooms); accommodation in a 4* hotel in Murmansk with all amenities (double rooms); 3. Meals based on breakfast and lunch: 1 day: lunch with pies; Day 2: breakfast, lunch, New Year's dinner; Day 3: breakfast, lunch; Day 4: breakfast, lunch, dinner; Day 5: breakfast; 4. Excursion program along the entire route; 5. Entrance fees to the Sami village, husky riding; 6. Insurance 7. Photo guide services.
NOT included in price
1. Flight (transfer) to Murmansk and back; 2. Personal expenses (alcoholic and soft drinks, telephone calls, etc.); 3. A trip by ship; 4. Dinners not included in the program; 3. Other services not included in the tour program.
Possible for an additional fee
- Boat trip to the Barents Sea with fishing (4 hours)
- Seafood dinner
Bonus
All interested participants can receive personal advice on camera settings to create the most expressive photographs. The photo guide will suggest the best angles for shooting and give recommendations on the basics of landscape photography.
Call or write to us! We will answer all your questions and give full advice on this tour!
Benefits for northern pensioners
Today, northern pensioners are entitled to the following types of benefits:
- regional coefficients;
- interest allowances;
- pension benefits (increased payments, the right to retire early);
- housing subsidies;
- additional paid leave;
- compensation for transportation costs (twice a year to the vacation spot and back).
For persons living in the Far North and residents of regions that are equivalent to it, the benefits are the same. The only difference is in their volume - residents of the Far North receive higher payments and longer paid holidays.
Results: pension innovations for northerners in 2020
Living and working in the Far North and nearby territories involves difficult labor and weather and climatic conditions that can affect the health of citizens. An increased pension is compensation for them. The amount of the benefit will depend on the regional coefficient.
There is another point - increasing the retirement age for residents of the northern regions. The authorities did not take into account that after the collapse of the USSR, these regions are constantly becoming less and less attractive as a permanent place of residence. Innovation will only make this worse. For young people, they can become an incentive to leave the Far North to improve living conditions, but there will obviously be even fewer people willing to change from a warmer region to a northern one.
What about additional payments above the cost of living?
Some pensioners who receive minimum pensions will be able to receive social supplements, thanks to which the size of pension payments will significantly exceed the subsistence level. You can read about this in one of the country’s Federal laws on state social assistance.
Sometimes social supplements allow you to receive an amount above the subsistence level
It is worth noting that today the document is actively being considered by a special commission. Such an increase will subsequently be called a social supplement. You can also pay attention to the fact that until recently the indexation of pensions took place without taking into account the cost of living of each pensioner.
In simpler terms, the changes in indexation caused an increase in pensions and a corresponding decrease in social supplements. Thus, this led to the fact that the size of pensions of elderly citizens practically did not change.
After February 20, when the President of the Russian Federation spoke, it was determined that changes needed to be made to the procedure for indexing pensions. This led to amendments to the law. Now the state plans to first bring the total amount of pension payments of a pensioner to the subsistence level, and only after that carry out indexation. Thus, social additional payments will be received by a citizen regardless of whether the basic pension reaches the minimum subsistence level in the region of the country.
Now pensions are first brought to the subsistence level, and only then indexed
It is worth noting that the new procedure will also affect already paid insurance pensions, and pensioners will not have to go anywhere to recalculate state payments.
