The whole trouble of the former republics of the USSR lies in the fact that most of them want to have sovereignty, but at the same time to be a subsidy region of Russia.

The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading the law on the indexation of pensions above the subsistence minimum. This is a “good” topic. The only question is who gets pensions below the subsistence minimum? I know one category of such citizens by duty of service. These are persons serving criminal sentences. Those who have worked, then mostly in the camp (not pioneering), naturally not quite voluntarily. There was no time when he stole, drank, went to prison for romance. Per this category includes those who are employed informally, even those who receive a "grey salary". In general, those who barely replenish the pension fund. But about raising pensions for those who worked for 35-40 years, I have not heard. In essence, the law is reduced to the equalization of the clowns with the workers. Yes, I’m cynical, but not as much as our compulsively respected government.

It is said that among officials in the regions, the book "101 way to fulfill the Presidential decrees on raising wages to budgetaries without raising it" is in the hands.