The citizens of Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, who work in Russia, now have the right to receive insurance benefits along with the Russians, Tomsk News Agency reports, citing Vera Timofeyeva, representative of the Tomsk Department of the Russian Social Insurance Fund.
"The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union came into effect in the early 2015. According to the Treaty, the social security (except for pension benefits) of foreign employees and their family members now meets the laws of the country, where they are officially employed," said Timofeyeva.
The social benefits apply to temporary incapacity of work, prenatal allowances, maternity benefits, monthly baby care benefits, etc.
To note, the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union signed on May 29, 2014, came into effect on 1 Jan 2015. Under the Treaty, the insurance contributions for the EEU member states' employees will be paid to the country's social security scheme at the same tariff (2.9%) as for the citizens of the Russian Federation.