From January 1, 2018, the minimum wage in Russia will be increased by 21.7 percent to 9,489 rubles. On this Monday, September 11, said the head of the Ministry of Labor Maxim Topilin, the press service of the department. "The Ministry of Labor of Russia has prepared a draft law on a step-by-step increase in the minimum wage to the subsistence level of the able-bodied population. In accordance with the president's instruction, the bill provides for raising the minimum wage in two stages: from January 1, 2018 to 85 percent of the subsistence minimum of the able-bodied population, and from January 1, 2019 to 100 percent, "the minister said.. The bill on raising the minimum wage will be submitted to the State Duma at the same time as the draft federal budget for 2018-2020.

Earlier on September 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with members of the government, proposed raising the minimum wage in 2018, and then, by January 1, 2019, equalize it with the subsistence minimum of the able-bodied population. According to the Ministry of Labor, in the second quarter of 2017, the subsistence minimum of able-bodied citizens in Russia was 11,163 rubles. Since July 1, the minimum wage in the country has been increased from 7,500 to 7,800 rubles.

Original article: The minimum wage in Russia was announced in 2018.