71.   It says delays on current salaries and pensions are minimal.

72.   Krzaklewski said bridge pensions should not be lower than regular pensions.

73.   Kwasniewski, a former communist, appealed to the government to go ahead with the savings plan, but stressed that freezing pensions should be a last resort.

74.   Kwasniewski, a former communist, appealed to the government to go ahead with the savings plan, but stressed that freezing pensions should be the last resort.

75.   No pensions were forthcoming and civilian jobs are scarce.

76.   Pensions are half that.

77.   Pensions were always low, Mrs. Yeltsin said, but no one had the freedom to complain.

78.   Retirees have long complained that pensions are too low and that the percentage needs to be recalculated.

79.   Refoundation had sought a promise that pensions not be touched and wanted concessions on health care, job creation and a shorter work week.

80.   State pensions are the only income for nearly all elderly Russians, and the pensions are below the official poverty line.