The subsistence minimum (SM) in Russia will increase by 6.8% starting in 2026. This was reported to TASS by Yevgeny Masharov, a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation’s Commission for Public Review of Bills and Other Regulatory Acts.
According to him, next year the subsistence minimum will be increased from 17,733 rubles to 18,939 rubles.
Masharov added that other types of subsistence minimums will also be indexed starting January 1: for able-bodied citizens to 20,644 rubles, for children – 18,371 rubles, for pensioners – 16,288 rubles.
On October 14, Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy, and Veterans’ Affairs , stated that implementing the initiative to increase the child subsistence minimum in Russia to the level of the actual average cost of raising a child (at least 25,000 rubles, up from the current 17,200) is difficult. She noted that a limited budget of 10 trillion rubles, calculated based on current benefit levels, has already been allocated for child benefits.
Earlier, the State Duma proposed recognizing Russians with salaries of less than 43,000 rubles as poor.