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Disability pension


Disability pension — from the day the person is recognized as disabled, if an application for this pension is submitted no later than within 12 months from that day1;

Disability pension — for the period during which the relevant person is recognized as disabled, but not longer than until the date of assignment of old-age pension (including early retirement) or until the date of reaching the age specified in paragraph 1 of article 7 of this Federal law, provided that there are five years of insurance experience, and if there is no right to an old-age pension — until the date of reaching the age for assigning a social old-age pension as stipulated by subpoint 5 of point 1 of article 11 of the Federal law "On State Pension Provision in the Russian Federation"2.

2001. No. 52. St. 4920.

  1. Federal law No. 173-FZ dated December 17, 2001 "On Labor Pensions in the Russian Federation", as amended on July 24, 2009, Article 19, subpoint 2 // RSZ RF. ↩

  2. Federal Law No. 213-FZ of July 24, 2009, "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and Declaring Certain Legislative Acts (Provisions of Legislative Acts) of the Russian Federation Void in Connection with the Adoption of the Federal Law 'On Insurance Contributions to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation, the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund and Territorial Compulsory Medical Insurance Funds'" dated July 24, 2009, as amended on October 6, 2011, Article 28, Subparagraph 2#2 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2009. No. 30. Article 3739. ↩