Pensioners Can Increase Payments Through Recalculation

Russian Deputy Svishchev explains pensioners can increase payments through recalculation by including previously excluded work periods, military service, childcare, and correcting Social Fund errors from the 1990s.

Russia Eases Tax Transition for Small Business

Russia's State Duma approved tax relief measures for small businesses, including temporary VAT exemptions for micro-enterprises in catering and softer conditions for insurance contribution rates amid tax system changes.

Yana Lantratova Nominated as Russia's Ombudsman

A Just Russia party nominated Yana Lantratova, head of the State Duma committee on civil society development, for Russia's human rights ombudsman position, replacing Tatyana Moskalková whose term expires April 22.