Migrants will receive a Russian pension

On April 13, the Parliament of Tajikistan ratified the draft agreement between Tajikistan and Russia on pension provision for migrants.

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As reported by the head of the Agency for Social Insurance and Pensions of Tajikistan, Dilmurad Davlatzoda, on Wednesday at a parliamentary session, the draft agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on cooperation in the field of pension provision provides for the payment of pensions to labor migrants who have legally worked in Russia and contributed to the pension fund. Pensions can be received both in Russia and upon returning to Tajikistan.

According to him, a mandatory requirement for both countries is the payment of social taxes by citizens – that is, the amount of the pension will depend on the level of earnings from which social contributions were paid and the duration of work experience.

According to the agreement, Russian citizens who worked in Tajikistan will also receive a Tajik pension.

The draft agreement on cooperation in the field of pension provision was developed by Russia in 2014-2015 and signed in September 2021. The Majlisi Namoyandagon (lower house of parliament) of Tajikistan ratified the draft agreement on April 13, 2022.

According to unofficial statistics, about 2 million Tajik labor migrants live and work in the Russian Federation. According to Russian data, there are more than 1 million migrants from Tajikistan in the country; however, the government of Tajikistan, including the Ministry of Labor, claims that the number of migrants is only 387,000 people.