Overview
- Deputies approved final laws granting mothers awarded the Mother‑Heroine title a monthly payment of 72,403.79 rubles with annual indexation and extensive privileges.
- Parliament cleared free vocational training for ninth‑graders who fail state exams, with regions choosing eligible trades and graduates receiving qualification certificates.
- Lawmakers created a pension entitlement for children born via assisted reproduction more than 300 days after a father’s death, requiring court‑established paternity and declared intent to have children.
- The tax bill passed a second reading with a phased cut to the VAT threshold for simplified and patent regimes, alignment of personal income tax rates for EAEU residents, and a technology levy starting 1 September 2026 projected at about 218 billion rubles in 2026–2028.
- The package also imposes a 30% flat personal income tax on designated foreign agents and curbs their preferences, extends tax relief for participants in the special military operation, and is slated for a third‑reading vote on 20 November.