In the spring of 2018, the Internet was actively discussed on the Internet, allegedly made by the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, an application for the causes of poverty of pensioners. According to the official, the thing is that older people do not know how to invest their savings. We checked whether Elvira Nabiullina said such a phrase.

The statement assigned to the head of the Central Bank, made during the preparation of pension reform, outraged both ordinary Russians and some stars and journalists. They expressed their discontent, for example, supporters of the Communist Party, TV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva, users Twitter And Telegram. Critical materials appeared in various media - from the regional portal Prufu.ru to "New Izvestia" and agencies REGNUM. The authors of these materials separately focused their readers on the fact that Nabiullina herself, according to the declaration, earns almost 30 million rubles a year.

To believe that a high -ranking Russian official could express such an unpopular opinion at such an inappropriate time is not so difficult. It is enough to recall at least a dialogue that occurred two years earlier between Dmitry Medvedev and the inhabitants of Feodosia. Then the Prime Minister answered The pensioner that she will not index the pension to the complaint: “There is simply no money now. Find money - we will index. You keep here, you are all good, good mood and health! ” Later in the people's memory, Medvedev’s answer was reduced to the phrase “There is no money, but you hold on to”.

Unlike the situation with Medvedev, the statement attributed to Nabiullina is not recorded on the video. At the same time, all performances of the head of the Central Bank are published on the official website of the financial regulator. At the end of March and early April 2018, when publications about the quote verified appeared, such a performance was only One. Summing up the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank, Nabiullina twice mentioned non -state pension funds and the importance of pension savings, but did not utter those words that were then attributed to her. We could not find the performance of the official, where she connects the poverty of pensioners and their inability to save and invest.

Is it possible that one of her interlocutors or political opponents shared Nabiullina's opinion? The authors of most materials containing at least some references to this statement are called as their source post in the Politexpert channel on the Yandex.Zen platform. Although at the time of publication the channel had only about 500 subscribers, the text with a loud title quickly scattered through social networks - the mass of it has still been preserved Reprint. At the same time, PolitExpert does not refer to any sources, the authors of the channel simply state the fact of such a statement and then criticize the official for the “separation from reality”. On Yandex.Zen himself material has long been removed in accordance with Facts verification program.