The Pension Fund has decided to become Russia gosstrahovschikom.

Pension Fund of Russia (RPF) wants to get the status of a public insurer to ensure the security of savings of citizens and social guarantees. The statement was made by Chairman of the RPF Anton Drozdov, reports RIA Novosti. According to the Drozdov, is now preparing a bill, a provision of the RPF, approved in 1991, "obsolete."
According to the Drozdov, there are contradictions in the fact that money is transferred to the RPF, is the federal government funds, but transferred to private companies to dispose of them yourself. "The crisis has shown that management of these funds at an unfavorable economic conditions may lead to losses. This is an occasion to seriously think about additional measures to secure these funds," - added Drozdov.
In the face of global financial and economic crisis, the RPF will guarantee repayment of the amount that has been transferred to private pension funds (NPF). According to the Drozdov, this can be done through a system of compulsory insurance funds transferred to the management of NPF. By the end of March 2009 the RPF must be listed in the SPF of about 130 billion rubles received by the Fund in 2007.
In 2008, the RPF suffered the first loss of the temporary accommodation of retirement savings. The amount of damages to be offset from the federal budget amounted to 20 billion rubles. In 2008, FIU received approximately 150 billion rubles, listed by employers for their employees in 2007. Almost 90 percent of these funds must receive goskorporatsiya EBV, which manages the funds' molchunov (citizens are not concluded an agreement with SPF or managers of companies).
Now, under the law of the employer monthly guide RPF-six per cent of employees' salaries. Since then, the RPF is investing the money received in gosobligatsii, and then transmits them to the NPF and management companies. Yield VEBa retirement savings in 2008 amounted to minus 0.46 percent, and private management companies - an average of minus 25.5 percent.