The message says that benefits, compensation and social benefits that are not related to the size of the living wage will be indexed.

We are talking about maternity capital, payments to veterans, benefits for pregnancy and childbirth and childcare for up to 1.5 years for unemployed citizens, a lump sum for the birth of a child, compensation for citizens exposed to radioactive effects and other social support measures.

It is noted that the size of the mother capital for the first child will be 524.5 thousand rubles.

Funds for indexing all support measures are provided in the budget, in total, about 16 million citizens receive payments.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to index pensions in Russia above the inflation rate, by 8.6%.

Russian Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov said that the average pension of a non-working pensioner after indexation in 2022 will be almost 19 thousand rubles.