“Payments have already been approved for the parents of 3 million children and 115,000 expectant mothers,” he said.
According to him, 32 billion rubles were transferred to citizens.
Kotyakov noted that a single allowance is provided in all regions, including the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
In the new regions, the allowance was assigned to the parents of almost 35,000 children.
The head of the Ministry of Labor added that in total during 2023 in Russia it is planned to cover 10 million children and pregnant women with a single allowance.
In December, the Russian government approved the procedure for assigning and paying a single allowance for children and pregnant women.