4. • Social Insurance Fund of the Russian
Federation (Russian: Фонд социального страхования
Российской Федерации) is one of the state budget funds, created
to provide for the compulsory social security of Russian citizens.
Created on January 1, 1991 a joint decree of the Council of
Ministers of the Russian Federation and the Federation of
Independent Trade Unions of Russia № 600/9-3 from December
25, 1990.
• The activities of the fund is governed by the Budget Code of the
Russian Federation and the Federal Law "On the basis of
compulsory social security", as well as other laws and regulations.
5. Benifits
• Payment of benefits under compulsory social insurance, including the payment of
temporary disability benefits ("Hospital")
• Provision for persons entitled to vouchers for spa treatment
• Providing disabled persons with technical means of rehabilitation and prosthetic
• Payment of benefits and maternity leave, benefits for childbirth, childcare *Benefits for
children up to the age of eighteen years
• Payment of birth certificates
• Surcharge (25%) for primary health care working citizens
• Extra charge for check-ups working citizens
• Payment of additional medical examinations of working people engaged in work with
harmful and dangerous factors
• Payment (full or partial) for the children of insured persons in the cost of permits
located in the territory of the Russian Federation sanatorium and health organizations,
open to the established order (including recreational facilities and improvement of
children)
