“We planned to make the payment on August 16, but technically everything is ready to do it earlier.

The President supported our proposal, and we will start transferring funds from Monday, ”Mishustin said at a government meeting on July 30.

More than 20 million parents aged 6 to 18 will receive payments to prepare for school, he said.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to begin the implementation of a lump sum payment for schoolchildren of 10 thousand rubles from August 2, so that there was an opportunity to prepare for the school year slowly.