Thread: "Russophobia" and "Russophilia" :)

Originally Posted by Hanna

Then the person finds that he/she has to live on a pittance of a pension that reduces them to tragic poverty for the rest of their lives.

My gf's grandmother is 85, her pension is about 32 000 roubles (which is about 950 dollars) for that money she can afford much more that she could with her soviet pension.

Originally Posted by Alex_krsk

My gf's grandmother is 85, her pension is about 32 000 roubles (which is about 950 dollars) for that money she can afford much more that she could with her soviet pension.

Ух ты! Она, наверное, ветеран Великой Отечественной войны. Дай Бог ей здоровья!
А так средняя пенсия по старости сейчас в три раза меньше: С 1 апреля средняя пенсия в

Originally Posted by Lampada

А так средняя пенсия по старости сейчас в три раза меньше: С 1 апреля средняя пенсия в

Да 12 тысяч сейчас пенсия. Это начисление. Обычно плюс к этому идёт местная надбавка. плюс льготы. В среднем на руки получается 16 - 18 т.р.

Originally Posted by Alex_krsk

My gf's grandmother is 85, her pension is about 32 000 roubles (which is about 950 dollars) for that money she can afford much more that she could with her soviet pension.

Good to hear that she can manage well on that.

So does this mean Putin is beginning to fix the problems for old people in Russia, or is she just fortunate with a higher pension than average?

In one of the Ukraine threads, somebody was suggesting that pensions in Russia can sometimes be as low as 250 USD per month. I.e. they said that while the situation for old people is bad in Ukraine, it's not much better in Russia.

As far as I am concerned poverty and hardship among the old is a tremendous tragedy.