By 2012 the number of people in our country at the age of

By 2012 the number of people in our country between the ages of 0 and older was 26.5 million people, or nearly 19% of the total number of Russians. Age limit of 65 years has exceeded every eight Russian resident. In the future, aging Russians will become even larger scale: according to the official demographic forecasts to 2030. the proportion of the population aged 65 years and older will exceed 28%.

Since 2010 Russia steadily decreasing number of people of working age. Already by 2020 the country will lose more than 7 million workers. According to UN projections, by 2050 the share of Russia in the most economically active part of the country's citizens (20-60 years old) will hardly exceed half of the total population.

Many experts believe that the real measure that will change the negative trend for the Russian economy, is to raise the retirement age, insisted the ex-Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and the head of the Economic Expert Group Evsej Gurvich. According to them, in order to avoid serious consequences in the future begin to raise the retirement age to as soon as possible.

However, such a measure is painful for society is far from unambiguous. RBC explains why the increase in the retirement age in this country is a huge amount of risk for the elderly and for the working population.

First, Russia is extremely underdeveloped labor market for older people.

Secondly, still typical situation where elderly fired reaches a certain age.

Thirdly, the issue of raising the retirement age in Russia is associated with an acute shortage of places in kindergartens. Today, this problem is largely solved women who retire at age 55 and caring for their grandchildren, allowing their daughters to go back to work. These retirees due to the lack of services in our country at the age of social services to the population often help their elderly parents.

RBC