11.   The government said Tuesday that it would lower fuel prices and raise pensions, without specifying amounts.

12.   The most important thing is that they raised pensions.

13.   The strike was held to protest tax increases intended to raise pensions for war veterans.

14.   They also want their pensions raised.

15.   Yeltsin, who is running for a second term, has promised to raise pensions and pay millions of workers overdue wages.

16.   If the government does in fact pay off the debt on time, Chernomyrdin said that by this fall the government could consider raising pensions.