And again about pensions Dear editors! From 1976 to 1978, I served as a sergeant in the Transbaikal Military District. From 1978 to 1993, I worked as a driver in a local military store. Since 1993, I have been a contract officer in the Armed Forces. Please explain to me until what year I must serve in the Armed Forces to be eligible for a pension. Major Valery SHUSTOV, Chita Region Currently, the Law of the Russian Federation "On Pension Provision for Persons Who Have Completed Military Service, Service in Internal Affairs Bodies, Institutions, and Bodies of the Penitentiary System, and Their Families" dated February 12, 1993, establishes two types of retirement pensions: - for 20 years or more of service; - for seniority, taking into account the length of service. The second option is more suitable for you, as you need to serve for another 11 years to reach the 20-year service requirement. Your period of military service is counted as part of your seniority in the usual calendar year, despite the fact that you served in the Transbaikal Military District. The fact is that military service on conscription as a soldier, sailor, sergeant and petty officer (previously - urgent military service) is subject to crediting in the length of service on preferential terms for military personnel of military units, headquarters and institutions of the active army, military personnel who served in military service or were held captive during the Great Patriotic War, who took part in the military service of the participation in the liquidation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident or unjustifiably prosecuted or repressed (paragraph 1 of paragraph 5 of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers-Government of the Russian Federation "On the procedure for calculating the length of service, assigning and Paying pensions and allowances to persons who served in the military as officers, warrant officers, midshipmen and conscripts or conscripts"). under contract as soldiers, sailor ... Читать далее