The new size of the minimum wage in Russia will amount to 6204 rubles

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on amendments to the article of the Federal Law "On the Minimum Wage". According to the document, the minimum wage is set in the amount of 6204 rubles per month, reports Life.News.
A new law adopted by the State Duma on Dec. 2, 2015 and will come into force on January 1, 2016. In 2015 the minimum wage was increased from 5554 rubles to 5965 rubles per month.
In Russia, the minimum wage - is the statutory minimum wage per month. Employers are not entitled to pay workers less than the amount, except in cases of combining or part-time work. SMIC is also used to calculate the amount of taxes, penalties, and other charges.
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Agriculture Ministry: Cabinet will discuss the possibility of zero export duties for grain in January
The Government of the Russian Federation in January 2016 will consider reducing or zeroing of export duties on grain, taking into account trends in the world markets. This was told by Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Gromyko after the meeting on the food security of the Crimea.
"The situation on the world market is such that there is a reduction in grain prices is the saturation of the market products. Right now our domestic price does not lag behind the world, but we need to react. Therefore, the government of the Russian Federation in January, will be considered either to reduce or to abolish export rates ", - quotes Gromyko TASS.