He entered without asking. What Siluanov planned with pension savings First, pension savings were frozen, now the Ministry of Finance proposes to transfer 6.6 trillion rubles to the long-term savings plan. Moreover, for millions of Russians who did not intentionally transfer their money to non-state pension funds, the transition may become automatic. This is a fundamental point: the funds were created in a mandatory pension insurance system, and now the state is proposing to change the procedure for disposing of them without the individual consent of the owner. At the same time, the key question remains: will people have a real right to refuse the transfer and maintain the current payment terms? There is no definitive answer yet. Without it, the long-term savings plan risks being perceived not as an opportunity to earn money for future retirement, but as another way to use pension funds to solve the country's current economic problems. MEF. Economy for people writes: 6.6 trillion at stake: Ministry of Finance proposed to transfer pension savings to long-term savings According to RBC, the Ministry of Finance prepared a bill that could automatically transfer the pension savings of citizens, including "quiet people", to a long-term savings plan. "Quiet people" means citizens who have never transferred their savings to non-state pension funds (NPF) or private management companies, and whose funds are managed by VEB. RF. According to data at the beginning of 2026, there were 36.5 million such Russians, and the volume of their funds under the management of the state corporation amounted to 2.98 trillion rubles. In addition, the transfer will affect another 3.6 trillion rubles, concentrated in 24 non-state pension funds (the funds of 34.4 million insured are stored there), the publication notes. In total, 6.6 trillion rubles of pension savings are subject to change. While we are talking about the draft, the details of the mechanism and the implications for citizens' rights depend on its final version.

He entered without asking. What Siluanov planned with pension savings First, pension savings were frozen, now the Ministry of Finance proposes to transfer 6.6 trillion rubles to the long-term savings plan. Moreover, for millions of Russians who did not intentionally transfer their money to non-state pension funds, the transition may become automatic. This is a fundamental point: the funds were created in a mandatory pension insurance system, and now the state is proposing to change the procedure for disposing of them without the individual consent of the owner. At the same time, the key question remains: will people have a real right to refuse the transfer and maintain the current payment terms? There is no definitive answer yet. Without it, the long-term savings plan risks being perceived not as an opportunity to earn money for future retirement, but as another way to use pension funds to solve the country's current economic problems. MEF. Economy for people writes: 6.6 trillion at stake: Ministry of Finance proposed to transfer pension savings to long-term savings According to RBC, the Ministry of Finance prepared a bill that could automatically transfer the pension savings of citizens, including "quiet people", to a long-term savings plan. "Quiet people" means citizens who have never transferred their savings to non-state pension funds (NPF) or private management companies, and whose funds are managed by VEB. RF. According to data at the beginning of 2026, there were 36.5 million such Russians, and the volume of their funds under the management of the state corporation amounted to 2.98 trillion rubles. In addition, the transfer will affect another 3.6 trillion rubles, concentrated in 24 non-state pension funds (the funds of 34.4 million insured are stored there), the publication notes. In total, 6.6 trillion rubles of pension savings are subject to change. While we are talking about the draft, the details of the mechanism and the implications for citizens' rights depend on its final version.