The Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation (russian: Фонд социального страхования Российской Федерации) is one of the state budget funds, created to provide for the compulsory social security of Russian citizens. It was created on January 1, 1991, by a joint decree of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation and the
Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (russian: Федерация Независимых Профсоюзов России, ФНПР, Federatsiya Nezavisimykh Profsoyuzov Rossii, FNPR) is the largest post-Soviet national trade un ...
No. 600/9-3 from December 25, 1990.
The activities of the fund is governed by the Budget Code of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law "On the basis of compulsory social security", as well as other laws and regulations.
The
State Duma
The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper hous ...
decided (July 5, 2022
[Se]
bill № 127389-8
on the website of the State Duma (in Russian).) to fuse this fund with the
Pension Fund of the Russian Federation
The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (PFR) (russian: Пенсионный фонд Российской Федерации (ПФР)) is the principal national pension fund in Russia. It is the largest organization of Russia to provide socia ...
and to establish a new united social fund titled
Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation
A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...
since January 1, 2023.
Budget
The income of the fund comes from compulsory social insurance, formed by contributions, from insurance contributions from industrial accidents and occupational diseases and from subsidies from the
federal budget and the
Federal Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation.
Functions
*Payment of benefits under compulsory social insurance, including the payment of temporary disability benefits ("Hospital")
*Provision for persons entitled to vouchers for spa treatment
*Providing disabled persons with technical means of rehabilitation and prosthetic
*Payment of benefits and maternity leave, benefits for childbirth, childcare *Benefits for children up to the age of eighteen years
*Payment of birth certificates
*Surcharge (25%) for primary health care working citizens
*Extra charge for check-ups working citizens
*Payment of additional medical examinations of working people engaged in work with harmful and dangerous factors
*Payment (full or partial) for the children of insured persons in the cost of permits located in the territory of the Russian Federation sanatorium and health organizations, open to the established order (including recreational facilities and improvement of children)
Chairmen
*Natalia D. Malakhatkina (1991/93);
*Yuri P. Shatyrenko (December 10, 1993 - May 29, 1996);
*Yuri A. Kosarev (November 4, 1996 - April 14, 2004);
*Galina N. Karelova (April 14, 2004 - December 13, 2007);
*Sergey V. Kalashnikov (March 25, 2008 - January 29, 2010);
*Lyudmila N. Rau (January 29 - May 15, 2010);
*Sergey A. Afanasiev (May 15, 2010 - March 21, 2013);
*Andrew S. Kigim (March 21, 2013 - February 12, 2021);
*Alexey P. Polikashin (acting since February 17, 2021).
References
External links
Official website
{{Economy of Russia
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