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Florian Warweg stated that the federal government has since confirmed that pensioners in Russia have 200 euros deducted from their pensions each month. When he inquired at the government press conference in September, he was initially told that this was merely his claim. As evidence, Warweg referred to a subsequent statement from the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs regarding questions from the government press conferences on September 28 and October 5, 2026. The ministry stated that fees would be deducted for transfers of statutory pensions from Germany to accounts at Raiffeisen Bank International AG in Russia. The bank justified this with higher compliance risks and additional auditing and processing efforts. Despite efforts, alternative payment methods that could avoid the fees have not been found. According to the statement, statutory pensions would be transferred free of charge within the SEPA area. For payments outside this area, the benefit provider bears the costs up to the commissioned financial institution; fees from further correspondent banks are not covered by the German Pension Insurance or the Pension Service. Affected individuals could have their pension transferred to an account in another country, provided they meet the personal requirements and can set up an account there, according to the ministry. Warweg asked why the ministry initially labeled the deduction as an unfounded claim and then acknowledged it about two weeks later. He noted that the ministry had provided the supplementary information, while the Foreign Office, despite a commitment, had not sent any follow-up and later declared itself not responsible. The inquiry was about what advice it would give to affected German pensioners in Russia. #Rentner #Bundesregierung #Russland (translated)

Nurder Koch wrote that Katherina Reiche has apparently used her ministry as a campaign headquarters for the CDU. According to an urgent application from Karlsruhe, she must delete her anti-left video, he wrote. He accused her of using taxpayer money against the opposition and losing in court; it couldn't be more embarrassing. https://t.co/HGMyWraPck #Politik #CDU #Steuergelder (translated)

Apollo News wrote that Lower Saxony's SPD Interior Minister Daniela Behrens has no problem with police officers referring to certain media in lectures about extremism at schools, which Apollo News labeled as non-extremist. This is evident from a statement from her ministry to the media. https://t.co/1l73IxVF4A #Niedersachsen #Politik #Extremismus (translated)

"In this ministry lies the pension reform, in this ministry lies the reform of the labor market, all legislative proposals that we agreed upon on July 1 regarding these topics. The reform of the pension insurance – we received the proposals on June 22. Today is October 13." Chancellor Merz, however, remained unfazed by all of this during his appearance at the Federal Association of Employers and instead summed it up soberly: #KanzlerMerz #SPDVorwürfe #Rentenreform (translated)

Sparbuchfeinde wrote that much had been said about Bas in recent days. The author asked why a ministry with 1,400 employees had not presented a draft law since July, and doubted that this could be solely due to a minister. He also asked what tasks the state secretaries in the Ministry of Labor had. #Politik #Gesetze #Ministerium (translated)

Tech stocks reported that the one-year holding period for tax-free private sales on precious metals like gold and silver could be eliminated in the future. During a hearing of the petitions committee regarding the crypto holding period, the petitioners argued that taxing Bitcoin while granting tax exemption for physical gold violates the constitutional principle of equality. Subsequently, a representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance fundamentally questioned the tax exemption and confirmed that the ministry is examining the abolition of the holding period for precious metals. According to Tech stocks, there is currently no draft legislation. The author accused the state of boundless greed, wrote that citizens are denied the ability to save and build wealth, and blamed the SPD for plundering Germany. #Edelmetalle #Gold #Steuern (translated)

In this ministry lies the pension reform, in this ministry lies the reform of the labor market, all legislative proposals that we agreed on regarding these topics on July 1st. Merz literally: “In this ministry lies the pension reform, in this ministry lies the reform of the labor market, all legislative proposals that we agreed on regarding these topics on July 1st." #Reformen #Merz #Bundesregierung (translated)

Anti-Israel actors and those who slander Israel should not set foot in the country. The "Jerusalem Post" quoted the Director General of the Diaspora Ministry, Avi Cohen Scali, as saying: "Anti-Israel actors and those who slander Israel should not set foot in the country." #Pressefreiheit #Israel #Siedlergewalt (translated)