#disempowered workers

What is the 2018 World Cup good for? It's good for decreeing draconian restrictions of freedom of assembly while railing a deeply unpopular increase of the retirement age through parliament.

Alex Gaskarov Facebook June 4, 2018

It is quite likely a draft law on raising the pension age will be tabled in the State Duma in the very near future. The authorities probably want to take advantage of the restrictions on large-scale rallies during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Raising the retirement age is not entirely an economic issue. The Pension Fund has been running a huge deficit because 40% of…