The lowest pensions and social payments recorded in the North Caucasus

The average old-age pension in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Karachay-Cherkessia is from 14 to 16 thousand rubles per month. These are the lowest pension payments in the Russian Federation. The situation is slightly better in Chechnya and North Ossetia - about 16.5 thousand rubles.

We are talking about average pensions, that is, hundreds of thousands of citizens receive significantly less - from 9 to 13 thousand rubles. The national average is 19,320 rubles.

As for the disability pension, in Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia it is only 10 thousand rubles. And payments for the loss of a breadwinner in Ingushetia and Chechnya vary from 5.5 to 6.2 thousand rubles.

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