“According to various expert estimates, the number of citizens who are below the poverty line today is about 18.5 million people in 2018, most of them are families that have children, this is about 70-80%,” he quotes her TASS.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to extend the law on maternity capital until December 31, 2026, as well as to provide the right to receive mother capital for families in which the first child was born or was adopted on January 1, 2020.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin also promised to make every effort to solve the problem of poverty in Russia.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the beginning of the development of a targeted assistance program for families with children in difficult financial situations.