Overview
- LDPR deputies led by Leonid Slutsky submitted a draft law to the State Duma creating a new federal status recognizing extensive pension‑counted work records.
- Eligibility would require at least 40 years of qualifying service for men and 35 years for women.
- The proposal pairs the title with benefits including a 50% housing and utilities compensation, priority installation of an apartment telephone, and preference in housing and garage cooperatives and land acquisition.
- It also preserves access to medical care at the facilities used before retirement, provides free prosthetics excluding dental items, and grants priority admission to social‑service organizations.
- The bill empowers the government to set awarding procedures, addressing gaps in the current system that requires state or departmental awards while some regions already use looser criteria.