Old Age Pension for Victims of Nuclear and other Technogenic Disasters

• Citizens who have fallen ill or suffered from radiation sickness and other sicknesses caused by radiation exposure during the Chernobyl disaster or due to work related to the elimination of the consequences of the disaster; citizens who became disabled as a result of the Chernobyl disaster; citizens who took part in the elimination of the consequences of the disaster in the exclusion zone; citizens who became disabled as a result of other radiation or man-made disasters.
• Persons can opt for an old age insurance pension once they fulfil the qualifying conditions.

• Fully tax-financed out of the federal budget through transfers to the budget of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

• The ‘Pension Fund of the Russian Federation’ manages the scheme.

• For persons who became disabled due to the Chernobyl disaster: retirement age is 50 for men and 45 for women, with a minimum period of service of 5 years.
• For persons who have fallen ill with radiation sickness and other sicknesses caused by radiation exposure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant or due to work related to the elimination of the consequences of the disaster, as well as citizens who have worked at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant or in the exclusion zone: retirement age is 55 for men and 50 for women, with a minimum period of service of 5 years.
• For citizens who took part in the elimination of the consequences of the disaster in the exclusion zone, citizens who were evacuated from the exclusion zone or who were removed from the resettlement zone, citizens who voluntarily moved from the exclusion zone and were entitled to relocation: minimum length of service: 5 years; with a decrease in the statutory retirement age in relation to the duration of working/living in the appropriate zone in accordance with Law No. 1244-I.

• Chernobyl disaster pension: 250% of the amount of the social pension for old age.
• Other pensions: 200% of the amount of the social pension for citizens residing or working in a zone of radioactive contamination.
• For citizens with dependent family members who are not able to work: 200% of the amount of the social pension increased by RUB 1,208 and 90 kopecks per month for each family member (increase available for up to three family members).
• Monthly life-long payments.

Taxation and social security contributions 

• Pension benefits are not subject to taxation.
• For working pensioners: contributions to health insurance, pension insurance and insurance against work accidents and occupational diseases are mandatory.