"About 30 billion rubles will be allocated from the federal budget to increase the living wage and the minimum wage," RIA Novosti quotes Kotyakov.
Earlier it became known that the head of Russia proposed to increase the cost of living in the country from 2022.
According to Putin, it should be raised to 12,654 rubles.
At the same time, the Russian leader spoke out in favor of increasing the minimum wage, proposing to raise it to 13,890 rubles.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the increase in the cost of living in Russia in 2022 will affect about 16 million citizens.
The increase in the minimum wage will affect 3 million people.