But for military pensioners there are certain conditions for receiving such payments.
Law and legal acts
The basic principles and conditions for calculating benefits for pensioners are enshrined in Federal Law No. 166.
The procedure for financial assistance allocated by the state for retiring defenders of the homeland is disclosed in detail in Law No. 4468. It also applies to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Guard and other internal law enforcement agencies.
All military personnel, including their families, can legally claim the following types of pension benefits:
- For accumulating a certain length of service.
- If you have a disability.
- For the loss of a breadwinner.
“Siloviki” pensioners receive allowances without the participation of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. Separate structures (the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense) are responsible for their provision.
Once the required civil service has been accumulated, the citizen will be able to apply for a second, already insurance pension in the standard manner.
Who is entitled to it?
The second pension is paid only if certain conditions are met:
- Age. For women who served, it is 55 years, for men – 60 years.
- Length of service. The minimum experience is 8 years.
- Size of odds. They are individual for each citizen. Today this figure is 11.4.
- It is necessary to confirm that a citizen undergoing military service receives a pension, and therefore applies for a second one.
Pension provision for military personnel in the USSR
The current pension system has adopted many features characteristic of the system of providing citizens of the Soviet era. Then payments to former military personnel were also calculated:
- Due to disability.
- For years of service.
Plus, the military, their relatives and family members were provided with many benefits and advantages in:
- Medical care.
- Employment.
- Issuance of living space, etc.
Pension provision for military personnel in the Russian Federation
Those who:
- Served at least 25 years on a contract basis.
- Having a total work experience of at least 25 years (at least half must be service in the Armed Forces).
- The applicant reached the age of 45 at the time of dismissal from the ranks of the Ministry of Defense.
At the initiative of the applicant, the length of service may include a period of study (up to 5 years). Each year of study counts as 0.5 years of service. Also, if a pensioner served under special conditions, a preferential calculation of length of service applies to him.
Another reason for appropriating allowances is a military person’s disability, acquired during his service or formed after its completion, but for reasons directly related to it.
To do this, you need to submit the relevant certificates and undergo a medical examination. Moreover, before reaching the specified age, you will have to periodically undergo an examination, and if, based on its results, it is determined that the former military man is no longer disabled, the accrual of payments will stop.
The amount of the long-service pension is calculated as follows:
- 20 years of service give 50% of the nominal pension amount. Each additional year increases the amount by 3%. But the total payment amount cannot be more than 85% (i.e., a maximum of another 11 years is taken into account).
- Military personnel with a “mixed” 25-year work experience also claim a 50% payment, each year over the specified period an increase of 1% is given.
It is important to know! Prosecutor's pension
Disability benefits for military personnel are determined in a similar way, calculating it on the basis of the previous monetary allowance. The degree of limitation of physical capabilities, as well as the cause of this condition, are also taken into account:
- Group 3 disability, which appears due to an injury received during the performance of official duties, guarantees a military pension in the amount of 50% of the previous salary.
- For disability of groups 2 and 1, 85% payments are assigned.
- If a disability was caused by an illness acquired during service, the benefit will be 40-75% of the salary for having a certain group.
- Families that have lost a breadwinner who is a military man also receive a payment based on his previous salary: the payment is 50% if the man died due to a military injury, 40% if he died due to an illness received at the place of service.
Some have the right to receive allowances based on length of service:
- After reaching 80 years of age, an additional payment is due in the amount of 100% of the current payments.
- Disabled military pensioners of the 1st group are also given a 100% supplement to their pension.
- Unemployed retired military personnel are also entitled to an additional payment when they support family members recognized as disabled: 32% for the maintenance of 1 person, 64% for 2 people and 100% for 3 dependents.
By call
Compulsory military service does not provide any special benefits or rights. Pregnant wives of men who left to serve, as well as their mothers who were left during the period of service without the person who supported them, can count on some help.
Conscripts may receive benefits for disabilities acquired during their service. The amounts of payments are calculated based on the amount of social pensions (SP), they are given below:
| Reason for appointment | Payment amount |
| Disability acquired as a result of combat operations and while in the line of duty | For disabled people of the 1st group - 300% of the value of the joint venture, 2nd group - 250%, 3rd - 175%. |
| Injury resulting from an accident | For disabled people of the 1st group - 250% of the SP, 2-1 - 200%, 3rd - 150% of the SP. |
After the death of a conscript, his disabled close relatives can count on a pension.
Even if he passed away later than 3 months after dismissal, applicants can prove that this was due to health damage caused during military service and receive the due payment. Otherwise, the former conscript will not be able to receive financial support from the state after returning home.
By contract
The basic payment assigned to former contract soldiers is a long-service pension. Requirements for registration of allowances are standard:
- Availability of the required length of service (general and military).
- Dismissal and registration of pension at 45 years of age.
It is important to know! What pension is given to the country's heroes?
Contractors can receive a pension:
- Having served in any military unit - railway, internal, etc. Border guards and signalmen are also entitled to a pension.
- Members of the united combat, administrative or economic units of the Military Forces of the CIS countries.
Payments for wives, family members and relatives of military personnel
If the defender of the homeland dies due to the performance of his duties, the state guarantees financial support to the persons under its care. You can count on financial assistance:
- Minor children, brothers, sisters and grandchildren of the deceased.
- Parents.
- A non-working spouse raising and supporting a child under 14 years of age.
- Other categories of relatives who are unable to provide for themselves.
This benefit is accrued to the above persons due to the loss of a breadwinner, regardless of the length of service accumulated by the deceased at the time of death. The following may approve a pension:
- When death occurred while on duty.
- If the military man passed away within the next 3 months after dismissal.
- If a serviceman died after discharge due to wounds, injuries or diseases acquired during service.
The families of military personnel who died in captivity or went missing in armed conflict zones receive the same status as the families of military personnel who died at the front. Therefore, they can apply for the same pension payments. There is no need to provide additional evidence for this - all papers will be issued at the time the man is registered as deceased or missing.
For length of service
This payment is the most common among those awarded to former military personnel. It is issued after leaving the service.
Length of service is calculated not only based on the number of years of service in the RF Armed Forces. The period of work in any law enforcement agency of the country is taken into account:
- Ministry of Defense.
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- National Guard.
- FSIN, etc.
Consequently, even if the applicant worked in different law enforcement agencies, he can still count on allowances paid through the Ministry of Defense. But its accrual is suspended when the pensioner returns to work in one of the above departments. The money will start coming in after he is fired.
Disabled
If the performance of official duties results in disability, the victim can apply for disability benefits for the military. He is entitled to financial support regardless of his accumulated length of service. The value is affected only by the previous salary of the military man. The amount of payments indicated in percentage is as follows (according to Article 22 of Law No. 4468-I):
| Reason for registration | Payment amount |
| Due to war trauma | For disabled people of groups 1 and 2 with military injuries - 85%. Disabled people of the 3rd group with military injuries – 50%. |
| For an illness contracted in service | For disabled former military personnel with illness groups 1 and 2, the payment is 75% of the allowance. Disabled people with group 3 – 40%. |
It is important to know! The size of the minimum pension in Russia
But receiving several pensions at once is prohibited. The applicant will have to choose for himself which payment suits him.
The exception is the right to apply for an old-age insurance pension. Then an applicant who has the required work experience (total) and is recognized as disabled due to service can receive two types of benefits at once.
First, a medical examination is carried out, based on the results of which a certain group is assigned. Having received a certificate of disability, he is sent to the department of the Ministry of Defense, after which payments are assigned.
Lifetime allowance is paid if the disabled person has reached the following age:
- Man – 60 years old.
- Woman – 55.
Disability benefits will continue to be paid as long as the recipient remains disabled. Moreover, re-examination and re-examination is possible only with the consent of the former military man. Those. The examination must be completed once.
Documents required for registration of a “civilian” pension for a military personnel
In order for a former military man to be able to also receive a “civilian” pension, he must apply for it. To do this, you need to come to the territorial department of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation at your place of residence along with a package of documents. This package includes:
- citizen's passport;
- certificate of compulsory pension insurance. If the pensioner does not have one, then it will be issued from the day he applies for a pension;
- a certificate stating that he receives a military pension for long service or disability in accordance with Law No. 4468-1 of February 12, 1993;
- documents that can confirm the “civilian” experience of a former military man. This may be a work record book or certificates that can be issued by employers;
- if you served in civil service before 2002, then you must also present certificates of income for the last 5 years before 2002.
Problems in pension provision for former military personnel
In recent years, the main problem affecting the size of military personnel's pensions has been taking into account the reduction factor, which reduces the final amount of allowance compared to the income received during the period of service. This coefficient has frozen at 72.23% since 2021. Legislators have the right to increase it, but so far they are not going to do this.
Another important point is possible changes in the minimum length of service at which a military man can be awarded a pension. Now it is 20 years, but amendments to Law No. 4468-1 are being discussed, after which the minimum length of service could be increased to 25 years. In the near future, they are planning to carry out a global reform of the pension system, which will affect not only the allowances of retired military personnel, but there are no details yet.
Additional tips and nuances
To avoid any difficulties in the process of calculating or applying for a pension, you need to take into account the following nuances:
- Military support can be assigned only to those citizens who served in the military structures of state power.
- The amount of maintenance is calculated based on wages and adjustment factors.
- In 2021, insurance coverage will increase, as well as the cost of the IPC, which is taken into account when calculating the amount of benefits.
- Already in January, by order of the President, military salaries will be indexed.
- In April, state benefits for disability and loss of a breadwinner will increase.
- An increase in military pay may occur due to an increase in military salaries.
A military citizen has the right to receive two types of pensions: old age and at 60 years of age a special military allowance. But for this he needs to have a certain experience. In addition, when calculating the amount of the payment, the amount of wages that the pensioner received after leaving military service is also taken into account.
Our experts have prepared for you a number of materials on the issues of indexation of the social pension and its possible increase, as well as how much it is and how it differs from the labor pension.
Arbitrage practice
It is logical that due to the difficult economic situation in the country and plans to change the pension system, there is a high probability of a reduction in payments to military pensioners.
Earlier, in 2015, a public organization representing the interests of pensioners of the Moscow Region filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court. It indicated that the use of a reduction factor contradicts the basic law of the Russian Federation, since it worsens the material security of former military personnel. The initiative group also pointed out the presence of exceptions to the procedure for calculating the amount of the pension. For example, this coefficient is not used when calculating allowances for former employees of the military prosecutor's office and the investigative committee of the courts.
As a result, the Constitutional Court refused to recognize that the reduction factor violates the norms of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The reason is as follows: the exception to the above categories was applied due to the specifics of their activities and legal status. They did not explain what exactly this “specificity” is. Watch a video about military pensions
Consequently, the Pension system of the Russian Federation is full of double standards, ambiguities and contradictions; the future pensioner must clarify the amount of payments due to him before going on vacation. Only knowledge of the principles of calculating allowances and legal rights will allow a former serviceman to achieve the payments due to him.
Who is paid a military pension in Russia?
According to Russian legislation, military pensions are awarded to army employees and persons equivalent to them:
- employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other military structures;
- employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations;
- FSIN employees;
- National Guard members.
Differences in the amount of military pensions by rank
Military pension is calculated by taking into account salary by rank. The higher the rank that a retired service member has achieved, the larger his pension will be. How much is the salary by rank in 2021 as follows (indicators are indicated in thousands of rubles):
- private/sailor – 5;
- corporal/senior sailor – 5.5;
- junior sergeant/sergeant major 2nd article – 6;
- sergeant/sergeant major 1st article – 6.5;
- senior sergeant/chief petty officer - 7;
- Petty Officer/Chief Petty Officer – 7.5;
- warrant officer/midshipman – 8;
- senior warrant officer/senior midshipman – 8.5;
- junior lieutenant - 9.5;
- lieutenant - 10;
- senior lieutenant - 10.5;
- captain/lieutenant captain – 11;
- major/captain 3rd rank – 11.5;
- lieutenant colonel/captain 2nd rank – 12;
- colonel/captain 1st rank – 13;
- major general/rear admiral – 20;
- lieutenant general/vice admiral – 22;
- Colonel General/Admiral – 25;
- General of the Army/Admiral of the Navy - 27;
- Marshal of Russia - 30.
Payments in case of death of a pensioner
If a pensioner dies, the amount of benefits he did not receive may be paid to members of his family.
The law specifies several options for such receipt:
- if family members take part in the burial, the unpaid benefits will be paid without including them in the inheritance.
To confirm the organization of a funeral, pension departments require payment documents from funeral services;
- in other situations, money is paid to the heirs on a general basis.
The heirs need to contact a notary, providing documents that provide grounds for accepting the inheritance and initiating the inheritance case.
How to obtain pensioner status
At the initial stage, a person will need to fill out an application in the form of a questionnaire. It must be drawn up when visiting the territorial division of the Pension Fund.
The document reflects the requirement regarding the establishment of pension benefits. The specified document will also need to be drawn up by those who wish to transfer from one type of pension to another.
Expert opinion
Kuzmin Dmitry Severinovich
Legal consultant with 10 years of experience. Specialization: civil law. Has experience in developing legal documentation.
Based on the results of consideration of the application and the applications attached to it, the retired military man is issued a pensioner's certificate. It serves as the basis for receiving various types of benefits due to this category of citizens.
What benefits are provided?
It is worth noting that military service is considered one of the most difficult professions, as it is associated with a risk to human health or life. For these reasons, those who served in the Armed Forces can count on receiving great privileges and benefits, which are aimed at significantly simplifying life.
Help from the state can be expressed in:
- cash payment;
- certain services;
- provision of valuables or benefits of a material type.
Currently, military pensioners can take advantage of the following benefits:
- transport, which includes assistance with moving, free travel on public transport;
- medical privileges, consisting of issuing vouchers to sanatoriums, dental prosthetics, etc.;
- social – improving the conditions in which a pensioner lives, benefits for housing and communal services;
- tax benefits related to the exemption of income tax, the use of other deductions that are subject to taxes.
Benefits are assigned on an individual basis. In addition, it is worth considering that the list of benefits that pensioners can take advantage of varies depending on the region of residence and the material capabilities of the budget system of the regional government.
The category of social benefits includes several types, including medical ones. They consist in the fact that the pensioner is provided with a certain set of concessions.
He receives the right to use the services of military medical institutions free of charge, use dental prosthetics, medicines and drugs are also provided free of charge. Every year he can undergo a clinical examination free of charge, receive vouchers to dispensaries and sanatoriums and other institutions aimed at improving his health.
In the latter case, the pensioner pays part of the cost of the trip, which is equal to one quarter of the total amount. Travel to a place of rest or treatment is also paid by the state. In some situations, privileges apply not only to the pensioner himself, but also to members of his family. This rule applies to persons who are minors.
Military pensioners are provided with preferential conditions regarding payment for housing and communal services. All persons who have served in the military and have reached retirement age due to old age are provided with a discount on utility bills.
It makes up half of the total amount. Tax benefits deserve special attention.
Benefits in this area are established at the federal level. If we consider the most significant of them, they may include:
- lowering the rate when calculating property and land duties (if the property owns real estate);
- pensioners do not pay income tax on pensions that are transferred to them, on insurance payments, compensation;
- do not pay state fees if they apply to judicial authorities, regardless of jurisdiction;
- The transport tax rate has been reduced.
Social benefits also include, for example, privileges such as priority employment. This applies to a situation where there is a vacancy, the requirements of which are fully met by the pensioner.
The employer is obliged to give preference to the former military man over another person. The main condition is that the pensioner is registered with an employment center located in the territory where the application for employment is submitted.
If a serviceman wants to fill a civilian vacancy in a unit, he must notify management in advance. Notification is given within three months of resignation.
The law reflects the requirement that a civilian position cannot be lower than the one from which the pensioner left. If there is a reduction in staffing levels, the pensioner’s job is retained.
A variety of transport taxes are provided at the municipal level. This suggests that funding comes from the municipal budget.
Expert opinion
Kuzmin Dmitry Severinovich
Legal consultant with 10 years of experience. Specialization: civil law. Has experience in developing legal documentation.
It can be said that transport taxes belong to the category of regional, not federal. It is paid by transport owners to local budgets.
For this reason, the amount of taxes cannot be the same for everyone. It will vary depending on the region in which the pensioner lives.
It should be noted that at the federal level the maximum amount of transport tax that can be set by the regions is limited. It cannot exceed the base rate by more than 10 times.
Therefore, the amount of tax payment and the amount of compensation varies across the country. Please note that not all military pensioners can take advantage of preferential conditions when paying transport tax:
- holding the title of combat veteran;
- having a disability that occurred as a result of service.
Other retired military personnel cannot count on receiving transport tax benefits. The exception is equipment with low power, up to 40 horsepower. In this situation, military retirees may not pay tax at all. This benefit applies not only to former military personnel, but also to ordinary pensioners.
In addition, retired military personnel are exempt from paying taxes on vehicles equipped with four wheels, provided that its power does not exceed 100 horsepower. To take advantage of this benefit, you will need to perform several actions:
- Collect the necessary documentation. Among other things, this is an act by which the identity of a pensioner is verified, TIN (original and copy); SNILS (also copy and original), pension certificate, car documents, application.
- After collecting the papers, they are sent to the tax service. This must be done at the place of registration.
- A Federal Tax Service employee checks whether the provided copies correspond to the original and submits them for processing.
- Wait for a decision.
The application is drawn up according to the developed template. The form can be obtained from the tax office.
Regarding the provision of preferential conditions for payment of transport tax in relation to cars whose power is equal to more than 100 “horses”, you can find out in the social security department located at the place of residence of the pensioner. The employee will help you understand the text of the regional law, which spells out the procedure for paying the type of taxes in question.
In relation to public transport, all former military personnel have equal rights and can use the services of carriers free of charge. The number of passages is not limited. To travel for free, you will need to present a document indicating the availability of the benefit.
Features of receiving government support from the military
ATTENTION! From the previous text of the article it is clear that the “military pension” is paid not only directly to military personnel, but also to employees of law enforcement agencies, structures involved in eliminating the consequences of emergency situations, protecting criminals, etc. Therefore, in the future we will use the words “military” and “military personnel” in the general sense. Everything that concerns military personnel of the Ministry of Defense equally applies to firefighters, rescuers, police officers, prison guards and other employees on the list.
If the right to a social pension is given solely by age (work experience and other details affect only the amount of payments), then to receive a military pension, length of service is necessary. Even missing a few months is enough to prevent a military pension from being granted.
The right to a long-service pension arises:
- If a citizen has served a full 20 years. The start time of the service does not matter. A person who began service at the age of 19-20 already has the right to retire at 39-40.
- If a citizen has served for 12.5 years, and at the same time he has 25 years of general work experience. In this case, the retirement age starts at 45 years.
In other words, the minimum length of service to receive a military pension is twelve and a half years. But in this case, 2 additional conditions are required:
- total work experience 25 years
- age over 45 years
That is, for example, a warrant officer who, after completing compulsory military service, began serving under a contract, at the age of 40 can receive a pension with full years of service. And a military doctor who graduated from a civilian medical institute, completed an internship, and only joined the army at the age of 30, can either retire at 45 years of age with mixed service, or serve until 50 in order to receive the right to a pension with full years of service.
ATTENTION! The military pension has no effect on wages, retirement pension or old age pension. Having received a pension, a serviceman can continue to work and receive a salary at the same time as the pension. Upon reaching the general retirement age (for 2021 in Russia this is 60 years for men), he will receive an additional right to an old-age pension.
Comments (11)
I am a military pensioner. I receive benefits based on my length of service. Will this payment continue if I now get a job at a government agency (in my case, St. Petersburg University)?
Payment of pensions through law enforcement agencies will be suspended if you re-enter service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Federal Penitentiary Service, etc. In other cases, it will continue to be paid.
Hello! A certificate of assignment of a military pension is required to establish an insurance pension. Which agency issues it?
You should contact the military commissariat where you are registered.
Civil pensioners, in accordance with the law, through the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation receive pensions and additional payments to it with a breakdown of all components. Why doesn't the law apply to me as a military retiree? The Military Commissariat of the Moscow Region refuses to provide me with a transcript of all components of my pension and additional payments to it (additional payments and cash compensations of 6 items) through the city’s cash payment delivery department, through the Russian Post.
The law must be the same for everyone - both civilian and military pensioners! Thank you.
I was fired for health reasons and am receiving a disability pension. He was injured (beaten) while on duty. Where should I go to establish a military injury? What are the first steps: write a statement to the military unit?
Good evening. Is it possible to get a pension if you are deprived of the rank of lieutenant colonel, because you are registered with the military registration and enlistment office with the military rank of private. If you don’t receive a pension, therefore, you shouldn’t be registered with the military.
He studied at a military school, and during his studies he received a chronic illness due to hypothermia. I graduated from college, but was not given disability and, accordingly, a military pension.
After a long period of treatment at medical institutions, a 2 degree disability was issued. as a civilian.
Can I receive a military pension as acquired through service in the SA?
Hello. As a result, it is not clear about the registration of a long-service pension.
Is it a simple verbal statement or is something else needed? Extract from the dismissal order? In theory, the military registration and enlistment office can request this data itself. Write an application and submit a package of documents - what exactly besides a passport? Certificates, personal files, etc.
must request and receive by mail from the military unit. In the end, what should you take to the military registration and enlistment office?
Am I entitled to a mixed pension? I was discharged due to illness at the age of 44, I have 16 years of military experience and 9 years of civilian experience. And where should I go to submit documents?
Arrived from Ukraine. 2021, received a passport, am registered. I submitted documents to the military registration and enlistment office... They refused me, citing Law 4468, that I did not provide a certificate from Ukraine, on what date I received my pension. Registration and receipt of pensions were in the LPR. The personal file and the issued certificate, certificate from the LPR, are presented. But the military registration and enlistment office does not register...
Filed a claim. Court decision: satisfy the claim in full without a certificate from Ukraine. Please tell me what time period does the military registration and enlistment office have for registering a pension, as well as paying me the lost pension according to a court decision? Thank you.
A military pension is a benefit provided by the government to military personnel.
Expert opinion
Ilyin Yuri Viktorovich
Practicing lawyer with 7 years of experience. Specialization: civil law. Extensive experience in protecting legal interests.
To receive and register it, you must have 20 years of service or disability (legislative act of Russia dated February 12, 1993, number 4468).
Retired military personnel can receive both insurance (for old age) and government (for military service) payments.
Payment of pension savings
Military pensioners can form pension savings in the following cases:
- if they were born in 1967 or younger and insurance premiums were paid for them while working in civilian institutions;
- if they are the owners of a certificate for maternity capital and used its funds to form a funded pension;
- if they are participants in the state pension co-financing program;
if they are men born in 1953-1966 and women born in 1957-1966 and in the period from 2002 to 2004 contributions to a funded pension were paid for them while working in civil organizations.
Payment and delivery of pensions to military pensioners
Persons who have received pension benefits through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and other structures can receive it in the following ways:
- By transfer to a bank account . Nowadays, the most common method: most often, a bank card is immediately attached to the account, and SMS notifications about changes in the balance on it are connected, so that when a pensioner receives a message from the bank, he will immediately know that he has received a pension.
- Via Russian Post . Depending on the pensioner’s choice, the payment can be received either at home or at the post office itself. Here it is worth considering that the delivery time via mail and the date of accrual of pension payments may differ, and in order to avoid misunderstandings and unpleasant situations, the pensioner must take this into account in advance.
- The legislation provides for the possibility of a third party if a corresponding power of attorney has been issued to him by the pensioner.
