Origin of the Right to a Pension
The basis for the origin of the right to a pension is the attainment of pension age — 65 years; at the same time, the right to a pension arises for women from the age of 60. Where a person has simultaneously acquired the right to benefits provided by this law and by the Law on State Compensation and State Academic Stipend, he has the right to claim the benefit granted by only one law, at his own choice. The right to a pension does not arise, and an arisen right ceases, during a person's exercise of public activity.