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AT last decade Russian government initiated a number of reforms in the military sphere aimed at increasing the efficiency of the army, modernizing equipment, optimizing its size and command structure, as well as increasing the prestige of service in the ranks of the armed forces.

For several years, the salaries of military personnel have been regularly increased. In addition, they were promised that the authorities would take care of official housing and social guarantees for representatives of law enforcement agencies. However, with the deepening of the crisis, the authorities had to abandon part of the social initiatives - in 2016 it was announced that the salaries of the military would not be indexed, but there could be no talk of increasing the amount of appropriations.

This is because there are simply no free funds in the state treasury. Of course, many noted that this decision runs counter to the "May decrees", which back in 2012 announced a gradual increase in the salaries of all categories of state employees up to 150-200% by the end of 2018. Let's figure out what to expect for professional military and civil servants working in the Ministry of Defense in the new calendar period.

It seems that the increase in salaries according to the "May decrees" has been postponed for the time being

How is the salary of military personnel formed?

Opportunity to serve in the military contract basis opened up new employment prospects for citizens of the Russian Federation. Of course, at the beginning of a military career, while the soldier does not yet have a rank and work experience, it is not necessary to talk about significant amounts, but later the salary begins to grow at a significant pace. The salary that is accrued to the military directly depends on several factors, among which should be mentioned:

• salary determined by the rank to which a person has risen, and his position in the ranks of the armed forces of the Russian Federation;
• location of the military unit;
• special conditions for the secrecy of service in a certain place or branch of service, which add up to 65% to the amount of salary;
• successful completion of qualifying exams, which can add up to 30% to the salary;
• premium for risky service conditions, reaching up to 100%;
• bonuses in the form of 100% salary for special achievements;
• bonuses accrued for excellent service (they can reach up to 25% of the salary);
• allowances of 100% of the salary accrued for special difficult conditions labor in the northern regions;
• compensation intended to pay for rented housing;
• additional one-time salaries for settling in a new place, and the soldier himself can be paid an amount of 100% of the salary, and his family members - 25% of this amount.

If we talk about the salaries of the military, given the rank and position, then we can give the following gradation:

• the minimum salary of 30,000 rubles is received by the military with the rank of ensign and sergeant;
• the salary of a lieutenant reaches 60,000 per month;
• the captain can receive up to 65,000 in national currency;
• lieutenant colonel - about 80,000 rubles;
• colonel - 95,000 rubles;
• representatives of the high command - more than 100,000 rubles per month.

According to official statistics, a career officer has an average salary that is significantly higher than the average salary of the civilian population of Russia. To date, the government says that the military receives about 50,000 rubles a month, and this, even in the current crisis times, is quite a good reward for their work. Especially if you compare this figure with the salaries accrued to teachers or doctors.

Such government policy is a measure aimed at increasing the prestige of the profession. It is she who should attract the maximum part of the male population of the country to the army. Separately, it is necessary to note the additional benefits laid down by the military. These include a program of preferential mortgage lending, life insurance, free medical care, and the issuance of housing certificates after retirement.

On the issue of indexing

As mentioned above, in 2016 the government once again decided to do without indexing the salaries of military personnel, since a significant level of budget deficit led to the need to abandon part of social guarantees. It should also be noted that the government has considered a new bill. A special register was attached to it, regulating expenditure obligations performed at the expense of budgetary funds.

This document said that in the period from 2017 to 2019, the payment of appropriations in the form of monetary allowances to military personnel and employees is provided in the form of an annual amount of 448.7 billion rubles. Thus, we can conclude that indexation or salary increases are not provided for in these years.

This legislative norm is based on the provision that was submitted to the parliamentarians for approval. It proposes to extend the suspension of indexation and salary increases for the military until January 1, 2018. It can be concluded that social guarantees in relation to this category of persons have not been implemented over the past five years, and some experts say that during this time the wages of the military have depreciated by almost 40%.

Exactly the same norm is prescribed for the salaries of civilian personnel who work for the benefit of the Ministry of Defense. The new triennial budget, which was adopted for 2017-2019, states that the annual appropriation for the payment of wages civilian personnel of the Russian Air Force will be 209.7 billion rubles each, which indicates the absence of government plans to index or increase salaries.

What will happen in 2018?

In response to the promise to freeze the salaries of military personnel, representatives of the Committee State Duma on defense matters. They said that the current role of the army in Russia makes this bill simply unacceptable. We also recall that very soon new ones will start in Russia, and the authorities traditionally rely on the support of such segments of the population as pensioners, military and civil servants, so it is not at all good for them to spoil relations with these groups of the electorate.

In this regard, it can be assumed that the practice of indexing military salaries can be brought back to life. Of course, you should not count on too high rates of increase.

The exact figures for a possible increase in salaries are not yet known. Some experts say that in 2018 the salary of the military, as well as other categories of people employed in the public service, will be raised by an amount equal to the rate of inflation. In this case, the increase will be about 5.5%. Unfortunately, this increase will not significantly affect the quality of life, but it will help offset the negative processes associated with rising food prices, transportation costs, and the like.

What is known on this moment:

As a measure to support other categories of employees of federal public institutions not subject to presidential decrees Russian Federation, as well as judges, prosecutors, employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, federal state civil servants and other categories of employees of federal state bodies, military personnel and persons equivalent to them, it is planned to increase budget allocations for the annual increase in wages, salaries, and allowances in accordance with the forecast inflation rate from January 1, 2018 by 4 percent, from October 1, 2019 and from October 1, 2020, respectively, by 4 percent.

However, such a vague wording says almost nothing, since only certain categories can be selected and financed from this entire list, for example, “through the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB.”

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov brought some clarity at the parliamentary hearings on the 2018-2020 budget in the Federation Council:
At parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council, the Minister of Finance spoke about the indexation of monetary allowances and pensions for military personnel and employees law enforcement

About the most important thing for military personnel and law enforcement officers - the increase and indexation of monetary allowances and pensions, the phrase was uttered:

How long the indexation of monetary allowance will take place and in what year it will be - 2018, 2019, 2020 Siluanov did not specify.

But, if you analyze his words and the situation, you can come to a certain understanding.

It is absolutely incomprehensible from this phrase - by how much and when the government proposes to raise the monetary allowance of military personnel, police officers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But you can think logically and still extract the maximum information from this mean phrase.

We are talking about indexation, which means that the salaries of military personnel, police officers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be indexed, and not just increased. Salaries will be indexed by military ranks and positions.
If we are talking about indexation, then the increase in salaries for military ranks and positions will be by a very specific amount. This value will depend on the annual official inflation according to Rosstat. It will be about 3.2% -3.7%.
There remains a possibility that even now the budget will be indexed not according to official inflation, but, for example, at 4%. In any case, this indexation will not exceed this figure.
When is it indexed? The budget has been drawn up for three years - 2018, 2019, 2020. That is, BETWEEN US, the indexation of salaries by military ranks and positions may also be in 2020. But in Siluanov's phrase

After a five-year break, the state will return to indexing the allowances and pensions of military personnel and law enforcement officers.

We are talking about a "five-year" break. NOT A SIX-YEAR, NOT A SEVEN-YEAR.

Therefore, it is logical to assume that the indexation of salaries for military ranks and positions will take place in 2018.

Earlier, a draft law was submitted to the State Duma on leaving the reduction factor for calculating pensions for military pensioners in 2018 at the same level of 72.23%

Order dated September 29, 2017 No. 2088-r. The draft law proposes to leave the amount of monetary allowance taken into account when calculating the pension of persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, Federal Service troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, from February 1, 2018 at the same level - 72.23% of the amount of monetary allowance.

There is a lot of discussion about a bill to increase the length of service for acquiring the right to a pension, and it spells out a different amount of allowances for length of service.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
THE FEDERAL LAW
Article 1
To introduce into the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-1 “On pensions for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of criminal executive system, and their families” (Vedomosti Congress people's deputies of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, 1993, No. 9, Art. 328; Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1995, No. 49, Art. 4693; 1998, no. 30, art. 3613; 2002, no. 30, art. 3033; 2003, no. 27, art. 2700; 2007, no. 50, art. 6232) the following changes:

1) in part 1 of Article 13:

A) in paragraph "a" the words "20 years" shall be replaced by the words "25 years";

“c) persons referred to in Article 1 of this Law, dismissed from service upon reaching the age limit for service, health status, due to illness - on the basis of the conclusion of the military medical commission on unfitness for service or in connection with organizational and staff measures who, on the day of dismissal from service, have served in military service, and (or) in the service in the internal affairs bodies, and (or) in the service in the State Fire Service, and (or) in the service in the bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and (or) in the service in institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system for 20 years or more.”;

2) in paragraph 1 of Article 14:

A) in paragraph "a" the words "20 years or more: for 20 years of service - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance provided for in Article 43 of this Law; for each year of service over 20 years" shall be replaced by the words "25 years or more: for service of 25 years - 65 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance provided for in Article 43 of this Law; for each year of service over 25 years”;
b) add paragraph "c" with the following content:

“c) persons referred to in Article 1 of this Law, dismissed from service upon reaching the age limit for service, health status, due to illness - on the basis of the conclusion of the military medical commission on unfitness for service or in connection with organizational and staff measures who, on the day of dismissal from service, have served 20 years or more: for 20 years of service - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance provided for in Article 43 of this Law; for each year of service over 20 years - 3 percent of the specified amounts of monetary allowance, but in total not more than 85 percent of these amounts.

Article 2

Introduce the following amendments to Article 2 of the Federal Law No. 306-FZ of November 7, 2011 “On the monetary allowance of military personnel and the provision of certain payments to them” (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii, 2011, No. 45, Art. 6336) the following changes:

A) clause 13 shall be stated as follows:

"13. The monthly allowance for the length of service to the salary of the monetary content is established in the following amounts:

1) 5 percent - for seniority from six months to 1 year;

2) 10 percent - with a length of service of 1 to 2 years;

3) 25 percent - with a length of service of 2 to 5 years;

4) 40 percent - with a length of service of 5 to 10 years;

5) 45 percent - with a length of service of 10 to 15 years;

6) 50 percent - with a length of service of 15 to 20 years;

7) 55 percent - with a length of service from 20 to 22 years;

8) 65 percent - with a length of service from 22 to 25 years;

9) 70 percent - with a length of service of 25 years or more."

B) add paragraph 13.1 with the following content:

“13.1. Military personnel - citizens of the Russian Federation with a length of service of 25 years or more are paid a monthly allowance in the amount of 25 percent of the pension that could be assigned to them in the event of their dismissal from military service.

The amount of the allowance increases by three percent for each year in excess of the established minimum length of service, giving the right to receive a pension, but not more than 50 percent of the amount of the pension that could be assigned to persons discharged from military service.

Article 3

Upon dismissal from military service and other types of federal public service until January 1, 2019 for persons subject to the Law of the Russian Federation dated February 12, 1993 No. 4468-1 “On pension provision for persons who have completed military service, service in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, drug control authorities drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, and their families”, the right to retire for long service and to receive a pension for long service on the terms that were in force before the entry into force of this Federal Law shall be retained.

We think that active work on this bill will begin after the presidential election campaign.

What they say on the sidelines:

Rumors flowed from the upper headquarters of an increase in the seniority allowance, the liquidation of 1010, the waiver of the physio bonus, and the waiver of income tax.

Let's analyze this phrase, taken from the military forum. Everything is more or less clear about the increase in the seniority allowance. As stated above, with the passage of the Seniority Improvement Bill for acquiring pension entitlement, the size of the seniority percentage increases.

Refusal of bonuses under order 1010 and bonuses for qualification level on physical training have also been discussed for a long time. For their payments, very significant funds are required, which are not always enough. So, with the adoption of the above bill, further measures may well be followed to optimize the costs of paying salaries to servicemen.

About the abolition of income tax - no comment.

All military personnel of the country are constantly concerned about the question of will there be a salary increase for the military in 2018 because their work is financed by the state budget, in which recent times there is a serious shortage of funds. In principle, employees of this category of state employees should not complain, because the authorities have never spared their material support Money. However, the key word in this issue is that they are state employees, therefore, their salaries cannot be called too high, which means that an increase in any of the representatives of the military profession will not hurt.

A qualified wage specialist, Nicolas Studer, believes that in the near future the income of state employees will grow due to some stabilization and improvement in the work of the economic system. In Russia, as it has already become clear to many, wages are too sensitive to, because, for example, salary increase for military personnel was canceled, and in general, the income of state employees fell by 10%. It is noteworthy that in the case of even a slight economic growth, the salaries of Russians also increase by 1-3%, so no one can doubt that all the processes in the country are not interconnected.

Today in the Russian Federation there is a rather favorable situation for economic recovery. The expert explains his statement by saying that when the ruble exchange rate fell in 2014, the competitiveness of products manufactured by Russians increased, and today the salary of an average Russian (when translated into US currency) is the same as that of a Chinese, although before that it was much above. However, this also has a certain advantage for Russia, because at the same level of productivity international companies investors will prioritize Russia, not China, and this, in turn, will have a positive effect on its economy.

Discussing salary increase for the military in Russia, latest news about which a huge number of people worry, Nicolas Studer mentions that the wages of the average worker in the country should be tied to several factors, the most important of which is. Minimum size wages should increase in proportion to salaries, and rightly so, although in some countries today the level of GDP is used as a reference. The minimum wage in Russia, according to the expert, should also be increased independently, because today it takes into account the needs of only one person, and he, as a rule, has other children with their own needs who need to be fed.

As a rule, the minimum wage should be 30-60% of the average salary, but in Russia this trend has not yet been observed, and at the moment it only reaches this indicator by 20%. The expert notes that recently the level of the minimum wage in the Russian Federation has increased by 4%, which indicates that the country is moving in the right direction.

The question is what will happen to the salary of the military, it is worth discussing especially carefully, because this category of civil servants deserves special attention of the government, because it is they (and more specifically, the army, of which they form the basis) that ensure state security and make the country a powerful force that everyone has to reckon with. Today, the income of one average soldier is considered relatively high. It depends on exactly what functions this or that person performs, what rank (meaning military) he received, as well as on what position he holds and how many years of experience he has. Today, the authorities even pay a salary of 2,000 rubles to servicemen who were conscripted into the army in a charming manner (in accordance with legislative norms).

Everyone can count on receiving bonuses for Good work, as well as for the registration of all kinds of allowances, therefore military rate for 2018 in Russia will be formed according to the same rules as before.The average salary of a serviceman will be about 50,000 rubles, but a person also receives bonuses for good work, so no one will have to consider such wages as low.

Naturally, the incomes of state employees should grow literally every year (this is exactly the information contained in the code of laws of the Russian Federation), but due to the crisis, the authorities had to slightly change this rule, so over the past few years, even such a procedure as indexation was carried out incompletely.It must be said right away that indexation of salaries of military personnel in 2018 in Russia will be carried out in full, that is, the authorities have already decided that wages will be increased by an indexation coefficient equal to inflation - about 5.5%.

Military personnel consider such a bonus to their own salaries simply ridiculous, because it will remain invisible to many of them, but the government has not come up with an additional option to improve the material allowance of citizens of this category of citizens. The issue of additional indexation was discussed, which was supposed to cover inflation during the time when the authorities were not able to carry out this event. However, the crisis continues and the economy is still in a difficult state, so the authorities do not have the funds to carry out this event.

In general, it can be said that an increase in the salary of the military in 2018 in Russia will be completely insignificant, because the funds for a radical change in the material allowance of civil servants (naturally, in better side) in the country today is simply not there, therefore, their level of wages by and large will remain the same. In anticipation of the next presidential elections the situation, of course, can change, because the president wants to stay in his place, therefore. It is in his interests to give people some guarantee that under his rule their level of prosperity and quality of life will only improve. However, so far no one has made any “pre-election” specific promises, so giving accurate forecasts experts are in no hurry on this score.

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Many are interested in will there be a reduction in the military in 2018, because for several years the number of civil servants has gradually decreased and the number of layoffs has reached a literally critical level. However, is it possible to reduce the number of people who ensure the security of the country? Russia needs a professional army, which must constantly be in a state of full combat readiness, because the number of enemies in this country is constantly increasing. The level of the army depends on huge amount factors, including from new models of military equipment, so the authorities need to think about modernizing military system in general, but there can be no talk of cuts. Russia is a living force, the basis of which is precisely the army, so it must be carefully protected.

In 2019, the military will raise salaries by 4.3%, which will bring the average income to 45,370 rubles. Over the past 5 years, the salaries of military personnel have increased only twice: in 2012 by 2-3 times and in 2018 by 4%.

Will there be an increase in military salaries in 2019

Military personnel are one of the most socially protected categories of Russians. It is this opinion long time followed by most of the officials. The basis for such conclusions was an expanded package of benefits, a program to provide affordable housing for the military. Definitely, the income of the military is an order of magnitude higher. But few people thought that the salary of the defenders of the Fatherland annually depreciates without indexation.

According to the deputies of the Defense Committee, military salaries have “fallen in price” by 46% since the last significant recalculation of payments in 2012, and purchasing power has fallen by 60%.

The president's directive, which stated that the salaries of military personnel should not be lower than the average salary of workers in the leading sectors of the economy, which include the oil and gas and financial sectors, is also not observed.

To provide the military with decent salaries, at the end of 2017, the Ministry of Defense developed 2 options for indexing monetary allowances (specific figures were not advertised).

However, in the final document approved by the Ministry of Finance, the opinion of the relevant committee was not taken into account. But it became known that over the course of 3 years, military salaries will be increased annually by an amount exceeding the rate of inflation.

In 2018, salaries for positions and ranks were indexed in January by 4%, for which an additional 67 billion rubles were allocated to the budget.

If indexation continues, expenses will have to be increased by 83.9 billion rubles. in 2019 and by 148.4 billion rubles. in 2020. The fact that the salary increase for military personnel in 2019 will still take place was also reported by Tatyana Shevtsova, Deputy Minister of Defense, during conference call March 2018

Quote . "Money allowance for military personnel and will be indexed from January 1, 2018, from October 1, 2019 and from October 1, 2020 by 4% each time.”

How much will the salary increase

Based on the statements of the Deputy Minister of Defense, the news was disseminated on the network that the salary increase for military personnel in 2019 will be 4%. However, the resolution says that the annual recalculation will be based on the actual rate of inflation.

Therefore, a 4% increase in payments can only be called a planned floating indicator conditionally tied to the size of inflation, which usually does not exceed this value.

According to the draft state budget for 2019, the salaries of military personnel will be increased by 4.3%, in a year this figure will be approximately 3.8%. The final figures will be known after the approval of the budget for 2019.

The increase will affect, first of all, monetary allowance in terms of salaries for positions and ranks. The size of the allowances in relative terms will remain unchanged. But if we take into account that all bonuses for length of service, secrecy, risk, etc. are tied to the size of salaries, this part of the monetary allowance will automatically increase, which in some cases amounts to 60% of the salary of a serviceman.

Terms of increase

Since in 2018 the indexation of military salaries was carried out in January, many expected the next increase also at the beginning of the year.

According to the established schedule, recalculations of salaries should be carried out in October. 2018 was an exception. The October increase in payments, including , was carried over to more early dates by personal decree of the President of Russia.

In 2019, salary recalculation will traditionally take place in October. That is, re-indexation will take place not after 1 year, but after 21 months. In fact, for 9 months of 2019, military personnel will receive monetary allowances at the rates approved at the beginning of 2018.

What will be the average salary of military personnel

According to Rosstat, people who ensure the country's security earn 43,500 rubles on average in 2018. Accordingly, after the increase in salaries, the income of the defenders of the fatherland will increase to 45,370.5 rubles.

However, the actual size of the monetary allowance of the military depends on many factors: length of service, class qualifications, special working conditions. Therefore, absolute growth is calculated in individually.

Table 1. Salary growth in accordance with the title awarded (selectively)

Source: Ministry of Defense website

Table 2. Salary growth by positions (selected)

The Russian army, whose prestige has risen sharply since the start of the operation in Syria, has finally received material rewards for its achievements. For the first time in five years, the military has been promised indexation of their salaries, and this will also affect military pensioners. How will the allowance increase - and why, despite this, military pensioners still have reason to say that the state does not pay them enough?

The Ministry of Finance disclosed the amount of defense spending for the next three years. In the corresponding budget for national defense, national security and law enforcement almost 6.8 trillion rubles were pledged.

As for the Armed Forces, 62 billion rubles from the budget will be spent on their maintenance (food, transport, infrastructure maintenance) in 2018. Another 14 billion rubles for certain events of the RF Armed Forces, plus 23 billion rubles for payment utilities, fuel and lubricants and foodstuffs.

However, the main item of expenditure, which will greatly please the military, will be the indexation of monetary allowances and military pensions. The budget for three years includes the indexation of military salaries and pensions by 4%. This has not been done for five years.

“The last time a serious increase was in 2012. Although the state legally assumed the obligation to index monetary allowance in accordance with inflation,” says a military political scientist, associate professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics. Plekhanov Alexander Perendzhiev.

“Today, the military profession is really associated with a risk to health and life due to participation in hot spots, primarily in Syria. The military threat against Russia is growing. The authorities must be sure that the servicemen trust them, especially in the context of hybrid, geo-economic and military pressure on Russia,” the expert says.

Since the new year, the state is returning to the practice of indexing monetary allowances to the level of inflation. Earlier, an amendment was made to the budget to allocate 53 billion rubles for this in 2018, 66 billion in 2019 and 122 billion in 2020. As a result, over three years the budget will spend about 240 billion rubles on the indexation of monetary allowances.

The VZGLYAD newspaper has a telegram dated November 17, 2017 from the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Tatyana Shevtsova. It was sent to all deputy commanders of the military districts for financial and economic work and to the heads of the department financial support Ministry of Defense by subjects.

The telegram says that, in accordance with the order of the Russian government dated November 3, 2017, the Ministry of Defense is preparing to increase the salaries of military personnel by 4% from January 1, 2018. Thanks to this, pensions for former servicemen, which depend on the current salaries, will also be increased. Until December 7, 2017, all Required documents for the payment of pensions in new amounts for January 2018, the telegram says.

In other words, the increase in 2018 is a done deal. This practice is expected to continue in 2019 and 2020.

But, of course, the military never receive a "naked" salary. There is a huge bonus system. “There are allowances that are paid in any case, for example for length of service, which depends only on the length of military service. Other allowances must be earned, ”says Yevgeny Darchenko, leading legal adviser to the law firm Strategy, to the VZGLYAD newspaper.

So, for length of service from 15 to 20 years there is a surcharge of 25%. In this case, the squad leader with the rank of sergeant will receive 24,316 rubles from the new year. If our sergeant is physically well prepared and worthy of an 80% bonus for the FIZO, then he will already receive 35,174 rubles. And if he also skydives a lot, he can get an 80% bonus for this, and then his monthly allowance is already 46,031 rubles.

In addition, there are also performance bonuses. official duties, for work with state secrets, for special conditions of service, for qualifications and tasks performed, for hot spot. There are regional allowances, for example, for service in the regions of the Far North, and for other specific merits that are indicated in the calculator (only individual “exotic” allowances are not used there, for example, for length of service in cryptographic agencies). Therefore, in reality, the military receive several times more than the salary itself.

According to the May decrees of the president, the monetary allowance of the military should not be less than the average salary in the leading sectors of the economy. Rosstat considered fuel and energy complex and finance as such. In general, according to the Ministry of Defense, the average level of pay for the military in 2014 was 62.1 thousand rubles, which was 10% higher than the average level of salaries in oil and gas production. In 2015 - 62.2 thousand rubles. For example ,

the army commander, a lieutenant general, received an average of 117,000 rubles, taking into account additional payments, and a platoon commander with the rank of lieutenant, 50,000 rubles.

There are no data on the average allowance of the military for 2016 and 2017. However, the average salary in the oil and gas sector last year amounted to 77.6 thousand rubles, and in finance - more than 80 thousand rubles (Rosstat data). It is likely that the average amount of monetary allowance has already lagged behind these levels and, thanks to indexation by 4%, will approach them. At the same time, retirees' pensions will also increase from the new year, because they are calculated on the basis of military salaries.

However, unfortunately, there is a big fly in the ointment in this barrel of honey.

According to the calculator, a retired squad leader (5th category of a military position) with the rank of sergeant (foreman of the 1st article) with a total duration of military service of 25 years (without regional allowances, but with a mandatory seniority allowance of 40%) has a pension from February 2017 it is 14,131.8 rubles, and from January 1, 2018 it will increase to 14,697 rubles.

Meanwhile, according to the calculator, from October 2013 to 2017, pensions did not stand still, but increased by 24% in total. However, in this case, it is not entirely correct to talk about growth, says Yevgeny Darchenko, leading legal adviser at the law firm Strategy.

He explains that from January 1, 2012, when the monetary allowance was significantly increased, the so-called military pensions were introduced. reduction factor that did not exist before. In other words, the military began to receive decently, but pensions remained from those times when salaries for military positions and military ranks were small.

“The specified coefficient in 2012 was set at 54%, that is, it reduced the pension by the specified value, which is why it began to be called “lowering,” the military lawyer explains. For comparison, he gives an example. If the retired squad leader with the rank of sergeant had not initially reduced his pension by this coefficient, then now he would receive a pension of not 14,131 rubles, but 19,565 rubles, that is, 5,400 more. And taking into account the indexation of salaries by 4% from January 2018 - 20,347.6 rubles. It is easy to calculate that in just five years there is an impressive “underpaid” amount from the coefficient - 324,000 rubles.

Why this was done is understandable. The state would not pull. But on federal law this pension-reducing coefficient has been increasing annually by 2% since January 2013 until it reaches 100%. “It was assumed that the pensions paid under this law would reach their set value in 2035,” says Evgeny Darchenko. Between 2013 and 2017, this ratio increased slightly faster than planned.

“Since January 2013, excluding the current increase from January 1, 2018, pensions have grown solely due to changes in the specified coefficient.

Most military pensioners will receive their pension at full size only in 2035, and that's regardless of how old they are currently. Some of them will never see their “real pension” because they will not live to see this moment.

Therefore, it is incorrect to say that the pensions of military pensioners grew in 2013–2017, during this period they only approached the values ​​they should be,” says the military lawyer.

Moreover, he recalls that in the May decrees, the president asked for military pensions to be indexed annually by at least 2% above the inflation rate. But the presidential decree was not carried out. In any case, the reduction factor for six years has grown from 54% to 72%, that is, by 18%, while the official inflation has been 42.68% over the years, says Darchenko. “Thus, the underestimation of the pension, not counting its expected annual increase by 2% above the inflation rate, amounted to 24.68%,” he said.

But the military itself is even more dissatisfied with the fact that individual citizens are already receiving their military pensions in full, without a reducing factor, and they do not have to wait until 2035. These include judges of the Military Collegium Supreme Court and military courts, prosecutors (including military personnel of the military prosecutor's office) and employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (including military investigating authorities Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation).

“How did a former investigator of military investigative agencies or a judge of some garrison military court deserve such special treatment? Why is the retired military rank Should a colonel receive a pension less than, for example, a reserve major, a former military investigator? We personally do not see any objective justification for such differences,” sums up the military lawyer.

He believes that there should be no unfair division of military retirees into those to whom the pension is paid immediately in full, and those who have to wait until 2035. In addition, the legal adviser adds, it is necessary to reduce the gap several times between monetary allowance and military pensions. And one of the problems is that it is not the salaries of the military, from which the pension is calculated, that are growing, but allowances and bonuses that do not affect the size of pensions.