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Pensioners also reflect a crucial domestic threat to Putin's regime. As inflation erodes their fixed incomes, retired citizens face a diminishing quality of life. The Kremlin has several options to mitigate the potential unrest stemming from pensioners, such as increasing pension payouts, but these solutions often result in financial complications for the state, further straining the already burdened oligarchs.
Past protests in Moscow were ignited by proposed cuts to pension plans, demonstrating that elderly citizens, when united with the working class, can lead to substantial unrest.