Natalia Poklonskaya lays out her alternative pension reform plan (which doesn't raise retirement ages)

Natalia Poklonskaya, the only United Russia State Duma deputy to vote against unpopular legislation that would raise the country’s retirement age, has introduced her own amendments to the bill, proposing monetary incentives to get Russians to retire later.

According to Poklonskaya’s plan, the retirement age would not rise (from 55 to 60 for women and from 60 to 65 for men), but individuals could claim three-percent bonuses for every year that they defer pension payments. To receive these benefits, however, people would need to leave the labor force entirely. Crimea’s former attorney general also proposes granting the “unconditional right” of retirement to anyone who’s worked for at least 37 years, regardless of their age.

When is this headed for a vote?

The State Duma is expected to vote on the pension-reform bill’s second reading on Wednesday, September 26. A day later, lawmakers will likely pass the legislation’s third and final reading, sending it to the Federation Council and then President Putin.