The Social Fund of Russia approved plans for a double linkage to insurance pensions in 2027: from February 1, payments will increase by 6.8%, and from April 1 - by an additional 3.3%. As RBC writes, the increase will affect 37.5 million people, while the average old-age pension for non-working citizens will increase by 2.4 thousand rubles, to 30.2 thousand rubles. In addition, starting April 1, social pensions will be linked to the index by 6.8%, and starting February 1, payments to 17 million federal beneficiaries will increase by the same amount.