Valued at the average exchange rate for 2008, RUB 280 000 was USD 11 265 and RUB 600 000 was USD 24 139. Contributions to the pension fund should be at least RUB 150 per month. Furthermore, for different rates different allocation keys applied: for example, from the 10% of contributions paid by the self-employed: 7.3 percentage points was transferred to the pension fund, etc. Overall, the scheme was unnecessarily complicated involving a large number of different rates across different sectors.