Economics
Putin Softens Pension-Reform Plan That Had Battered Popularity
- Proposed increases in retirement ages had triggered anger
- Kremlin calls for smaller hike in pension age for women
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Vladimir Putin called for easing elements of a plan to raise pension ages that had angered Russians and pushed his poll ratings to the lowest levels in more than seven years.
“We can’t put this off any longer,” Putin said of the reform in a prepared text of a televised address to the nation Wednesday. “I propose a series of measures that will allow us to soften the decisions as much as possible.”