Lawyer names payments due to Russians at the birth of a child

The demographic program aimed at increasing the birth rate and increasing life expectancy is one of the priorities in Russia, in connection with which a number of measures of social support for families and women at the appearance of a child have been developed. This was announced by Svetlana Titor, Associate Professor of the Department of Private Law of GUU, PhD in Law, on Tuesday, February 18.

The lawyer clarified in a conversation with Lenta.Ru that support measures are divided into federal and regional. The first includes a lump-sum allowance at the birth of a child. From February 1, 2025, its amount is 26,941.71 rubles.

They also include maternity capital. At the moment, women who gave birth or adopted their first child from January 1, 2020, the second child after January 1, 2007, the third and subsequent child after January 1, 2007 (provided that the mother has not previously used this right) are entitled to it.

The expert added that the measure of material support also applies to men, it became known as paternity capital. A man who is the sole adopter has the right to it.

The amount of maternity capital is indexed annually, and at the moment it ranges from Br690,266.95 to Br912,162.09. Titor emphasized that the amount is not paid out all at once, it is mainly used to purchase housing, pay for the education of the mother or her children and in other cases.

In addition, the subjects of the Russian Federation have the right to provide additional measures of social support at the birth of a child at the expense of their own budgets, the expert added. Each subject independently determines the types and amounts of assistance. This may be a lump sum payment at birth, as well as gifts - kits for newborns, issued at birth, or their cash equivalent and other types of assistance.

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Earlier in the day it became known that Duma deputies from the Just Russia party are going to introduce a bill in the chamber on February 18, according to which women will be allowed to go on maternity leave at any term of pregnancy, RT reports.

The bill is being introduced in fulfillment of proposals by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, 360.ru reports.

The bill proposes to grant maternity leave from the moment a woman is registered at a women's clinic, regardless of the term of pregnancy, according to the website kp.ru. According to the authors of the document, early registration will allow timely detection and prevention of possible complications, reports NSN.

Public activist Vitaly Krupin commented on the initiative in a conversation with RuNews24.ru. He expressed confidence that the initiative should be approved. At the same time, it should be left to a woman to decide whether she should go on maternity leave at 12 weeks or not, without categorically depriving her of the right to work.

Before that, February 12, the chairman of the Duma Committee on Family Protection, Paternity, Maternity and Childhood, Nina Ostanina, supported the idea to extend paid maternity leave to three years. According to her, this topic is raised due to the state's interest in increasing the birth rate.

Earlier, December 30, 2024, Ostanina said that the deputies of the lower house of Parliament are ready to develop a bill that would allow to receive maternity benefits from the first trimester of pregnancy, reports the agency of city news "Moscow".