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Preparing for the 2025 Academic Year: Support for Russian Families
As families in Russia prepare for the 2025 academic year, they can take advantage of a range of support measures designed to ease their economic burdens and promote a stable environment for children's education.
One of the main regional support measures is the extension and expansion of mortgage holidays for families with children, particularly young families. Starting in the autumn of 2025, families can receive up to one and a half years of mortgage payment breaks upon the birth of the second or subsequent child. This measure aims to reduce financial stress for parents, helping them better balance professional work and childrearing, which supports demographic stability and family well-being in Russia.
In addition to mortgage payment relief, broader family financial easing programs are being implemented. For instance, families with two or more children may be exempt from certain taxes, such as the sale of property tax. The government has also established special task forces prioritizing family and demographic policies, indicating a focus on comprehensive governmental support for families regionally. By the end of 2025, plans for coordinated social, medical, psychological, educational, and professional development support through government-established funds with minimal bureaucracy are expected.
While direct educational subsidies or regional academic preparations are not detailed explicitly, these financial and social support measures are designed to help families cover the costs associated with preparing a child for the new academic year. The cost of these preparations can range from 15,000 to 20,000 rubles.
In-kind assistance is also available for targeted population groups. Families do not need to pay money directly to obtain this assistance, which can include school kits containing stationery, textbooks, and sometimes uniforms. The availability and specifics of these programs vary across different regions.
Some regions, such as the Penza region, have already implemented free school meal programs for children from low-income families. Other regions, like the Novosibirsk region, offer one-time payments for children of military personnel. In the Tyumen region, families caring for children with disabilities or who are disabled themselves receive an annual payment of 7,500 rubles per schoolchild. Large families in St. Petersburg and Moscow can also receive payments of 5,000 and 10,000 rubles per schoolchild, respectively.
It's important to note that legislative initiatives for annual support are still under consideration, and a federal one-time payment for 1 September in 2025 is not currently planned. To find information about specific support measures and their conditions, parents are advised to contact local social protection offices or use the Gosuslugi portal.
In summary, regional support in Russia for families preparing for 2025 centres strongly on mortgage payment relief and broader family financial easing programs, alongside coordinated multi-dimensional social support efforts. These measures form a backbone for family preparation for the school year.
- In addition to mortgage relief, the government is also focusing on personal-finance easing programs, offering tax exemptions for families with two or more children, thereby providing a better financial balance for parents.
- In the spirit of educational-and-self-development, government-established funds, offering minimal bureaucracy, will provide coordinated social, medical, psychological, educational, and professional development support by the end of 2025.
- Besides mortgage holidays and tax exemptions, in-kind assistance like school kits, uniforms, and free meals are available, with some regions providing additional support such as payments for large families and military families.
