Over 30 years of retirement, Novikova would collect as much as $473,788, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Novikova received $9,958 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Novikova will have already received $41,662 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.