Russia's state workers to see their wages indexed

Russian state workers will see their wages indexed against inflation by 4.3% on October 1, the country's Labor and Social Protection Minister Maxim Topilin said.

"No one abolished the need to keep up public sector wages with average regional economies," Topilin said in an interview with the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily.

He added that the regions will receive 100 billion rubles ($1.5 billion) from the federal budget "to keep the balance" this year.

According to the Labor Ministry’s press service, around 2 million federal-level employees will see an increase in their paychecks, TASS reported. These employees reportedly include social workers, veterinarians, consumer watchdog employees and Emergency Situations Ministry rescuers, among others.