The Government offered to launch one-time payments of grants to small and medium businesses in the amount of one minimum wage (minimum wage) per busy to compensate for the consequences of the introduction of non-working days from October 30 to November 7. This was announced by the first Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his broadcast was conducted on Youtube.
The offer will require 27 billion rubles, it will cover about two million people. “It will cover about half the drop-down revenue in the most affected industries,” Belousov said.
On October 19, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova suggested introducing in Russia from October 30 to November 7, non-working days. In some regions, it is necessary to provide non-working days from October 23, the Deputy Prime Minister noted. Golikov also suggested entering admission to some objects only upon presentation of the QR code for the confirmation of vaccination.