“You can find out whether New Year’s gifts are given out in your city, and who can claim them, you can directly at the social protection authority or on the website of the local administration,” she said in an interview with the Prime agency.
Spiridonova clarified that the conditions for issuing gifts vary depending on the region and usually include age, the number of children in the family, the status of a low-income or large family, and the child's disability.
Earlier, Honored Lawyer of Russia Ivan Solovyov, in a conversation with the Public News Service, said that scammers are becoming more active during the New Year holidays, and also advised the Russians to remain vigilant.