Muscovites protest pension reform ahead of parliament vote Around 1,000 people gather in Moscow to protest a planned hike in the pension age, a day before the lower house of the Russian parliament is set to vote on the measure. Rallies were held across the country at the start of the month over raising the pension age to 65 for men and 63 for women, which would be the first such increase in nearly 90 years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES