The media learned about a possible increase in the length of service for military pensions. On the provision of pensions for employees of the internal affairs bodies, military personnel of the internal troops, members of their families and the provision of certain measures of social support to them Pension and disability

b) for persons who served in the military as officers, warrant officers and midshipmen or military service under the contract as soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen in the Armed Forces, the Federal Border Service and border service bodies Russian Federation, in internal and railway troops, in the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, federal bodies of government communications and information, troops civil defense, bodies of the federal security service (counterintelligence) and border troops, bodies of foreign intelligence, other military formations of the Russian Federation and the former USSR and institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, created in accordance with the law, in the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as on private and commanding officers who served in the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation and the former USSR, the bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, the State Fire Service and institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, and families of these persons who live in the states - the former republics of the USSR, which are not members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, if the legislation of these states does not provide for the provision of their pensions on the grounds established for persons who went to military service, service in the internal affairs bodies, and their families.

Pensions assigned to the persons specified in Article 1 of this Law and their families are subject to review.

federal law on pension provision employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was adopted on November 30, 2001, approved on December 5, 2001 (No. 166-FZ) and is the main normative act, establishing legal regulation in the field of appointments of pensions for long service.

The right to retire employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to FZ-166

In accordance with the law, additional payments are accrued certain and at the expense of the federal budget. The value is determined on the basis of experience, age restrictions are not provided.

Payments are calculated regardless of the actual physical condition and the level of working capacity of citizens, the main importance is seniority.

Citizens who have worked for a sufficient amount of time in areas with particularly difficult activities that bring maximum benefit to the state are entitled to receive compensation for length of service.

Who can legally receive a retirement pension?

accrual monthly payments for each group of citizens of the Russian Federation is carried out in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation. It defines a list of positions that are entitled to seniority payments.

For each industry, an individual list of specialties that can receive pension payments is established.

According to 166-FZ, a seniority pension is accrued to the following categories of citizens:

  • employees of the mining industry, surface mining and underground works.
  • employees of emergency rescue services, fire safety;
  • aviation staff;
  • employees in sea and river transport;
  • teachers of universities, schools and other educational institutions;
  • employees of cultural facilities;
  • military personnel;
  • health workers;
  • astronauts and test pilots;
  • employees of the fishing industry;
  • federal and municipal civil servants;
  • an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
  • employees of trade unions.

Important! Dismissal from the place of work should occur only for valid reasons: termination of the organization's activities, expiration of the contract.

Terms of payments for seniority by category: legal regulation

Disabled people, participants in the Second World War, military personnel who were injured or maimed, military families in connection with the loss of a breadwinner are entitled to priority compensation payments for length of service out of turn and in the first order.

The federal law on the appointment of a superannuation pension regulates accrual depending on the length of service.

For appointment pension payments an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs should apply with an application and a package of necessary documentation to the pension department of the relevant department. Citizens must have with them, proving the right to receive assistance in the form of: passports, death certificates, medical certificate etc.

When is a retirement pension granted to civil servants?

Important! For each year of public service exceeding 15 years, the pension is increased by 3% of the employee's average monthly salary.

Calculation of civil service payments in accordance with the law

The amount of state support, if there is a sufficient indicator for length of service, is calculated taking into account the amount of salary, rank, special service and additional length of service in a civilian, as well as the position held over the past 5 years.

Payouts are calculated as follows:

45% of salary (minus old-age pension) plus 3% of salary multiplied by more than 15 years of service.

The calculation of the pension is made by adding as a percentage to the pension rate with increments.

Calculation of pensions for different categories of civil servants

Seniority payments medical workers, as well as to other persons, are charged regardless of age.

The main condition is the experience for urban workers - 30 years, rural paramedics - 25 years. 1 year of work in the villages is equal to 1.5 years of experience.

The period of advanced training, residency training, leave at one's own expense are not included in the length of service. Only full-time jobs count. The amount of payments depends on the individual coefficient, which is determined by the position held.

They are provided for with experience in education from 25 years and the presence of a certain number of individual coefficients (in 2018, the coefficient is 13.8 and will gradually increase every year).

Important! Citizens working under conditions Far North, an additional coefficient is charged depending on the place of stay.

Thus, pensions in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are more dependent on the amount of monetary allowance received and the length of service. At the same time increase total amount state support quite simple - just continue to work after dismissal from the bodies in the "civilian".

The departments that provide for military service have developed a bill to increase the minimum limit of seniority, giving the right to receive military pension, from 20 to 25 years. This is reported by Kommersant, citing a source close to the leadership of one of the Russian law enforcement agencies. This information was also confirmed to the publication by a source in the Ministry of Defense.

The document proposes changes to Russian law"On the provision of pensions for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the state fire service, bodies for the control of the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the criminal correctional system, the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops, and their families" dated February 12, 1993.

Work on the preparation of the draft law has been carried out since March of this year by the relevant decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin. On May 22, the head of the main personnel department of the Ministry of Defense, General Viktor Goremykin, reported on the preparation of documents by the deputy head of the department to General Dmitry Bulgakov, the ministry said.

As a high-ranking employee of the presidential administration explained to the newspaper, representatives of all departments related to military service participated in the drafting of the bill. “The topic is very delicate, there are still a number of consultations at the level of the financial, economic and social blocs of the government, as well as all interested parties,” he added.

The interlocutors of the publication did not specify the expected timing of the adoption of the amendments, however, in their opinion, it would be logical to adopt the document after the presidential elections, which will be held in March 2018.

The authors of the bill also do not disclose the mechanism for increasing the lower threshold of seniority: will it be introduced transition period, not yet known. It is also unclear how the adoption of the amendments will affect the budget.

The publication clarifies that the adoption of the bill will require amendments to the 13th article of this law (the conditions determining the right to a pension for long service) and the 14th (the size of the pension).

On the this moment it is already known that the amendments, if adopted, will not affect those military personnel whose contract ends on the 20th anniversary of service. All the rest, in order to be eligible for a military pension, will have to serve five years longer.

The idea to increase the lower threshold of seniority has been discussed for a long time. In 2013, the military proposed dividing this process into two stages: until 2019, to pay all military personnel who have served over 20 years, but have not retired, an allowance of 25% of the pension that they could receive, and from January 1, 2019 year to finally establish a 25-year lower limit of service. However, after the calculations carried out at that time, it turned out that there were not enough funds in the federal budget for additional payments required for the transition period.

In 2015, the discussion of this issue was resumed by the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov. The government admitted that the period of service required for a military pension could be raised immediately to 30 years, but this option was rejected.

The unstable economic situation that was observed in Russia three years ago also forced the Ministry of Finance to think about refusing to increase payments to military pensioners.

Siluanov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu were able to resolve all issues and find additional funding only after Putin intervened in the situation.

Last month, the head of state signed a law to increase retirement age for civil servants. According to the document, the retirement age of officials has increased to 65 for men and 63 for women. The law also provides for a gradual increase in the minimum civil service period required for a superannuation pension from 15 to 20 years.

Now "military pensioners" who, after leaving the reserve (retirement), continue to work in positions not related to military service, are entitled to a second, "civilian" pension through the Pension Fund of Russia upon reaching the retirement age established by the state (for women - 55 years, for men - 60 years) and the minimum required work experience (in 2017 it is eight years and will increase by one year to 15 years by 2024).

In March, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, the former commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov, said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru that the average size pensions in 2016 amounted to: for military service pensioners - about 23 thousand rubles, for law enforcement service pensioners - 17 thousand rubles, for security agencies - 30 thousand rubles.

According to him, for the calculation of the “military” pension, the salary for a military position or official salary, salary for a military rank or salary for a special rank and a bonus for length of service (length of service) are taken into account.

Salaries of military judges, prosecutors and investigators are established in relation to the salary of the first person of the corresponding department. Salaries in other departments are established by a decree of the government of the Russian Federation. At the same time, salaries by rank are the same for everyone, and salaries for typical positions in the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Federal Security Service, the Federal Security Service and the Presidential Special Objects Service are approximately 20% higher than in the Armed Forces and other troops and military formations. This is due to the specifics of the tasks performed by these bodies and more stringent selection.

In Russia, for more than five years, there has been no indexation of the monetary allowance of military personnel.

“The guarantee of protecting the monetary allowance of military personnel from depreciation has not been fulfilled for the past five years, that is, in fact, for the entire period of the federal law “On the monetary allowance of military personnel and the provision of individual payments to them,” Shamanov explained.

The provisions of this law, which stipulate that salaries for military posts and salaries for military ranks are annually indexed to inflation starting from 2013, are suspended annually by a separate federal law.

However, according to Shamanov, the indexation of the “military” pension took place by increasing the so-called reduction coefficient, which, in accordance with Art. 43 of the law "On pensions for persons who have completed military service ..." in 2012 was 54%, and from February 1, 2017 it was 72.23%. Its real increase was: in 2013 - by 8.2%, in 2014 - by 6.2%, in 2015 - by 7.5%, in 2016 - by 4%, and from February 1 2017 - by 4%. Thus, over the past five years - from 2013 to 2017 - the "military" pension has increased by 30%. And from 2011 to 2017, the "military" pension increased by 90%.

On the procedure for calculating pensions.

Since January 1, 2012, a new procedure for determining monetary allowance for calculating pensions has been legally established. From this date, 54 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance were used to calculate the pension, which includes: salary according to position, salary according to rank and a percentage bonus for length of service. According to the legislation, the amount of monetary allowance taken into account for calculating pensions increases annually by at least two percent. Therefore, from January 1, 2013, 56 percent of the amount of monetary allowance was used to calculate the pension, from October 1, 2013, according to the Law of the Russian Federation of December 03, 2012 No. 58.05 percent and from January 1, 2014 - 60.05 percent.

The further procedure for determining the amount of pensions remained the same, that is, for 20 years of service - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance, for each year in excess - 3 percent. The maximum pension is 85 percent.

The pension divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia recalculated the pension from January 1, 2014, payment documents were sent to the bank so that the payment of January pensions, traditionally made in December, was carried out in new sizes.

From October 1, 2014, it is planned to increase the share of monetary allowance taken into account for calculating pensions to 62.12 percent, which will increase pensions by 7 percent by the end of 2014. The procedure for calculating monetary allowance for the appointment of a pension is the same for everyone, regardless of the time of dismissal, and also for those who are currently resigning from the internal affairs bodies.In addition, pensions, as before, will be indexed simultaneously with an increase in the monetary allowance of employees and military personnel in the service. Therefore, with an increase in monetary allowance, pensions for pensioners will be recalculated at the same time.

The procedure for applying saved salaries for calculating pensions

Previously, in accordance with Article 16 of the Regulations on Service in the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation, when an employee who had served 15 years or more was transferred to a lower position, in the interests of the service, he retained the salary of his previous position. This salary cannot be taken into account for the appointment of a pension, as this is not provided for by law. The salary for a previously occupied position for the appointment of a pension can be taken into account only if following conditions: on the day of the transfer, the employee must be a colonel, hold the previous position for at least 3 years, have the right to retire on the day of the transfer and be transferred by decision of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. This norm is enshrined in the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 941 of September 22, 1993.In the absence of at least one of the above conditions, the pension is assigned from the salary of the last full-time position.Currently, in accordance with article 30 federal law dated November 30, 2011 No. 342-FZ “On Service in the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation and Amendments to the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” in order to save an employee transferred to a lower position from a previous position, the duration of service does not matter. The official salary is retained provided that the employee is transferred to a lower position for health reasons in accordance with the conclusion of the military medical commission; in connection with the reduction of the position occupied by the employee; in connection with the reinstatement of an employee in the position that he previously held, if this position is filled by another employee and there is no equivalent position; in connection with the refusal to transfer to an equivalent position in the order of rotation.

The payment of the retained official salary is made until the employee has the right to receive a higher official salary due to its increase in the prescribed manner or the appointment of an employee to a position with a higher salary.However, this salary is not applied when assigning a pension. This should be remembered by employees of financial departments when issuing cash certificates for persons dismissed from the internal affairs bodies with the right to a pension.The saved salary for the appointment of a pension is applied only if the above conditions are met.

About pension taking into account the total length of service

To assign a pension in accordance with paragraph "b" of Article 13 of the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 N 4468-1 "On pension provision for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, and their families" the previous conditions were preserved:

It is necessary on the day of dismissal from the service to have a total seniority of 25 calendar years, of which 12.5 years of service in uniform;

Be fired due to age, illness or redundancy;

Be 45 years of age.

In practice, only one thing has changed for employees: according to the new Law on Service, the bulk of employees cannot be dismissed due to age earlier than 50 years. Therefore, at the age of 45, an employee can retire for a mixed length of service, having retired due to illness or a reduction in staff, and by age, respectively, not earlier than 50, for colonels - 55 years. The procedure for calculating this pension also remained the same; for 25 years - 50 percent, for each year over - 1 percent.

Pension under the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation for the existing work experience, not taken into account in the Ministry of Internal Affairs

If a pensioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia continues to work after being dismissed from the internal affairs bodies in civil organizations, or has at least 5 years of work experience before entering the service in the internal affairs bodies, and has also reached the generally established retirement age (55-women, 60 years - men), then the territorial bodies of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation assign the insurance part of the old-age labor pension to him for a pension through the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The amount of this pension depends on insurance premiums.

If employees and military personnel are dismissed without the right to retire, then upon entering civil pension, Ministry of Finance of Russia Pension fund insurance premiums are transferred to the accounts of these citizens during the service. This is provided for by the Law of the Russian Federation of 06/04/2011 No. No. 126-FZ.

On increasing the amount of pensions for certain categories of pensioners

After the increase in pensions from January 1, 2012, there was no increase in pensions for some categories of pensioners on the occasion of the loss of a breadwinner and on disability of the 3rd group. These pensioners have retained the monthly surcharge in the amount of 1,000 rubles, previously paid to all pensioners by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 18.02.2005. No. 126 and a bill was prepared providing for an increase in pensions for the loss of a breadwinner and for disability of group 3 from illness by 10 percent. This bill was prepared by the Ministry of Justice of Russia, repeatedly returned for revision and is now in the Government, being prepared for submission to the State Duma.

On changing the conditions for assigning a pension for long service

On behalf of the Government of Russia, the Ministry of Defense, together with other power ministries, has prepared a draft law providing for the appointment of a pension for 25 years of service. In the draft, which was posted on the Internet, the entry date is January 1, 2014. However, this draft law is at the development stage, it has not been approved by the federal executive authorities, therefore its entry into force from the indicated date is impossible, because the procedure for passing the bill takes time. The bill must necessarily be agreed with all executive authorities, then submitted to the Government, then to the State Duma (three readings), approved by the Federation Council and, finally, signed by the President. This is a difficult and lengthy procedure.

The draft law provides for a transitional period of two years for those who, on the date of its entry, will have 20 years of service, including in preferential terms. However, it is not a fact that the law will remain in this form, because work on it has just begun.

About insurance payments

In connection with the change in the parameters of the monetary content, from January 1, 2012, new amounts of insurance payments for compulsory state life and health insurance for employees and their families were established.

Since January 1, 2013, they have been indexed by 5.5 percent. So, when it comes insured event insurance payments available in the following sizes:

in the event that the insured person receives a serious injury (wounds, injuries, concussions) during the period of service - 211 thousand rubles, a slight injury (wounds, injuries, contusions) - 52,750 rubles;

in case of death (death) of the insured person during the period of service or before the expiration of one year after dismissal from service due to injury (wounds, trauma, concussion) or illness received during the period of service - 2 million 110 thousand rubles per family;

in the event that the insured person is found to be disabled during the period of service or before the expiration of one year after dismissal from service due to injury (wounds, injuries, contusions) or diseases received during the period of service:

disabled person of group I - 1,582,500 rubles;

a disabled person of group II - 1,055,000 rubles;

disabled person Group III- 527,500 rubles.

Due to the fact that since 2012 all departments of internal affairs bodies have been financed at the expense of the federal budget, the competition for the selection of a company that provides life and health insurance for employees of internal affairs bodies is held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has signed a contract for three years (2013-2015) with VTB Insurance.

Monthly allowance for women on parental leave

Everything social payments, citizens with children, are established by the Federal Law "On State Benefits to Citizens with Children" dated May 19, 1995 No. 81-FZ.

Women serving as private and commanding officers while on parental leave, until the child reaches the age of one and a half years, are entitled to receive a monthly allowance for the period of parental leave until the child reaches the age of one and a half years.

From January 1, 2007 - the amount of payment of a monthly allowance for the period of parental leave until the child reaches the age of one and a half years to mothers serving as private and commanding personnel in the internal affairs bodies is 40 percent of the average monetary allowance received over the past 12 calendar months preceding the month of parental leave.

The procedure for calculating the monthly allowance is determined Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2009 N 1100 "On approval of the Regulations on the calculation of average earnings (income, monetary allowance) when assigning maternity benefits and monthly childcare benefits to certain categories of citizens" .

The amount of this allowance is limited by law to the limiting minimum and maximum values, which in districts and localities where district wage coefficients are applied in accordance with the established procedure, are determined taking into account these coefficients.

Currently, mothers serving and on parental leave are minimum size allowances - 2453 rubles. 93 kopecks, maximum - 9815 rubles. 71 kop.

For citizens subject to social insurance, the maximum allowance is set at 16,241 rubles.

"OFFICERS OF RUSSIA" sent appeals to the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, the State Duma and the Federation Council with a proposal to withdraw the draft law "On the federal budget for 2018 and for the planning period of 2019 and 2020" in order to bring the indexation of military pensions to 5.2% from January 1, 2018.

On May 7, 2012, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 604 “On further improvement of military service in the Russian Federation”, in which the Government of the Russian Federation is instructed to ensure an annual increase in pensions for citizens dismissed from military service by at least 2% above the inflation rate.

At present, the State Duma has adopted in the second reading the draft Federal Law No. 274618-7 “On the federal budget for 2018 and for the planned period of 2019 and 2020”, according to which the inflation rate in 2017 is set at 3.2%. Therefore, in order to fulfill the requirements of the decree, taking into account the inflation rate of 3.2%, it is necessary to bring the indexation of the military pension to 5.2%.

At the same time, according to the draft law, the increase in pensions for persons dismissed from the military and equated to it service, by the forecast inflation rate in 2018-2020, increases only by 4%.

Head of the Center for Social and Legal Protection "OFFICERS OF RUSSIA" Sergey Ermolenko believes that thus, the requirements of the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the annual increase in pensions for citizens dismissed from military service by at least 2% above the inflation rate again remain unfulfilled.

“Moreover, for the past six years. Apparently, in 2018, the Government of the Russian Federation once again plans to save on military pensioners, as it proposes to suspend the increase in pensions until January 1, 2019. The organization "OFFICERS OF RUSSIA" receives numerous appeals from veterans from different regions countries with an expression of dissatisfaction and a lack of understanding of how it turns out that the procedure for pension provision, provided for by the norms of the current legislation, is in fact no longer the subject of attention, much less the strict execution of those state bodies that are directly entrusted with the duty to implement it. It is absolutely not normal when people who have served the country for decades, many with their own blood and health, feel deceived. It is abnormal for any state in general, and even more so for such a great state as Russia is,” Sergey Ermolenko said.

According to him, amendments to the law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-I “On pension provision for persons who have served in the military, served in the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, bodies for controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, and their families” in 2012, in violation of the constitutional principle of equality of citizens before the law for military personnel and law enforcement officers, a reduction coefficient of pension provision was introduced in the amount of 0.54%.

“As a result of this, military pensioners, unlike citizens serving other types of public service, began to receive half of the pension that was assigned to them. At the same time, even the mechanism for increasing the size of this pension to 100% (for which the pensioner needs to manage to live for about 20 more years) provided for by this legislative novel, does not actually work. Due to the fact that the increase in the service pension by 2% provided for by this mechanism is subject to a freezing procedure almost on a regular basis,” notes the head of the Center for Social and Legal Protection.

According to Yermolenko, from 2012 to 2016, contrary to the legislative norm, which has greater legal force, the operation of paragraph 9 of Art. 2 of the Federal Law of November 7, 2011 No. 306-FZ "On the monetary allowance of military personnel and the provision of individual payments to them." For military personnel, this meant nothing more than a refusal to increase (indexation) their monetary allowance in total (over 5 years) by more than 45%. This, in turn, led to the fact that in the same proportion were not revised (as provided for by Article 49 of the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-I) the amounts of pensions paid to former servicemen for length of service.

“In this connection, a logical question arises: if the state finds funds for other purposes, then why does it not find funds for the realization of the rights of its own citizens, the rights that, according to Art. 18 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation represent nothing more than the meaning of the activities of state power in Russia, all its branches. Especially in relation to military pensioners. People who gave to the service of the Fatherland best years own life. Often, ignoring absolutely nothing for this.

At the same time, we proceed from the fact that military service is a special type of public service. And, consequently, the state is obliged to treat those who have chosen their path to serve the Fatherland in a special way. That is, to take real measures to ensure the social protection of military personnel. Moreover, we are talking not about getting something “above” what military pensioners already have the right to, but solely about being provided with what is already provided for by the existing legislative and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, ”added Sergei Yermolenko.

The head of the Center for Social and Legal Protection also believes that if earlier the Government of the Russian Federation refused to fulfill its obligations on social guarantees to military pensioners in full in connection with the crisis, now the situation in the country is different.

“On June 15, 2017, on the special program Direct Line with Vladimir Putin, the president said: “First, and very important: we have seen economic growth and GDP growth for three quarters in a row. Modest, but nevertheless from quarter to quarter”, “The recession in Russia has been overcome, the economy has entered a period of growth, the inflation target of 4% will be reached by the end of the year”, “The crisis in Russia is over, the economy has moved to growth”. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Maxim Oreshkin, said: “We see that the rate of economic growth will accelerate every quarter and will reach a value above 2% this autumn.”

In this regard, the draft law on the federal budget submitted to the State Duma cannot be adopted. Until changes are made to it, providing for an increase in the amount of pensions paid to military pensioners by 5.2% from January 1, 2018. That is, in strict accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 604. Since the systematic failure to comply with the relevant decree regarding the annual increase in pensions for citizens dismissed from military service by at least 2% above the inflation rate discredits the state-guaranteed level of pensions for military personnel, at which military pensioners could count on recalculating pension payments above inflation. And, therefore, this practice, unworthy of any self-respecting state, must be put to an end.

"OFFICERS OF RUSSIA" propose to the Government of the Russian Federation to withdraw the bill for revision in order to bring the indexation of military pensions from 4% to 5.2% from January 1, 2018, with the subsequent submission of the bill to the State Duma for its adoption," Sergey Ermolenko noted.