The head of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation Anton Kotyakov. Photo: Wikipedia.org .
The head of the Ministry of Labor, Anton Kotyakov, at a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council on Social Issues, said after the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase pensions for non-working pensioners by 10% from June 1, that this would increase pension provision for 35 million citizens.
“This is an average of 1,760 rubles – an increase to the pension, its average size will reach 19,360 rubles,” Kotyakov said, adding that the amount of the increase will be calculated individually for each pensioner. He called the increase significant.
The Minister added that the Pension Fund will start delivering pensions already taking into account this increase starting from June 3.
As for the increase in the minimum wage by 10%, which was also previously announced by Vladimir Putin, according to Kotyakov, this will increase the salary of about 4 million Russian citizens.