.Russia's federal government plans to increase state maternity payments by around $500 following year as the country has a hard time a shrinking number of childbirths, Labor Official Anton Kotyakov said Monday.Novice mamas will certainly get a lump sum of 677,000 rubles ($ 7,000) beginning in 2025, Kotyakov informed a conference of government legislators, a small rise from the current remittance of 630,400 rubles..Similarly, females that bring to life a 2nd kid are going to obtain 894,000 rubles ($ 9,300), up coming from the present settlement of 833,000 rubles.Russia's Work force Administrative agency assumes more than 1 million individuals to get maternity payments following year. A draft budget currently under consideration in parliament would certainly designate 536.71 billion rubles ($ 5.57 billion) to the benefits program next year if passed.Some population analysis specialists have actually criticized Russia's maternity advantages program, launched in 2007, debating that repayments are actually as well little to motivate ladies to possess more than one little one and that they neglect to keep up along with rising cost of living.The program was actually set to end in 2026, but President Vladimir Putin stretched it until 2030 during his re-election campaign earlier this year.