"In accordance with the decree of the President of Russia, a one-time cash payment in the amount of 10 thousand rubles to citizens receiving pensions on bank cards was made on September 2, 2021," Golikova said.

According to her, "during this day, 30.2 million citizens received payments for a total of 302 billion rubles."

Earlier, the Ministry of Labor said that simultaneous social payments to pensioners in the amount of 10 thousand rubles from September 2 began to be transferred in all Russian regions.