The Cabinet of Ministers of Russia approved a bill on minimum wages not lower than the subsistence level in 2022

This was reported on the website of the Cabinet.

“To approve the draft federal law“ On Amendments to Art.

1 of the federal law "On the minimum wage" and submit it to the State Duma in accordance with the established procedure, "- said the message.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that in 2022 the salary of almost 3 million Russians will grow due to the decision to increase the minimum wage to 13.6 thousand rubles.

Georgy Ostapkovich, director of the Center for Business Studies at the Higher School of Economics, commented on Mishustin's statement in an interview with RT.