“It is proposed to supplement Article 75 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation with provisions establishing ... guarantees for the mandatory indexation of pensions, social benefits and other social benefits, as well as the basic principles of universal pension provision,” the explanatory note to the bill says.
Also, an amendment to the Constitution guarantees that the minimum wage will be no less than the cost of living of the able-bodied population.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the voting mechanism on the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the head of state will be drawn up during the work of the constitutional commission. According to him, "there is an understanding that this should be a vote."
On January 15, during a message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed introducing a number of amendments to the Constitution.