OREANDA-NEWS. The minimal size of wages will be raised up to 2,3 thousand roubles from September 1, 2007. Rosbalt.ru reports that the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Gherman Gref informed about this on Friday at the session of the government of the Russian Federation.

He also informed that the minimum level of pensions will be raised up to the level of living wage of pensioners till the end of this year.

According to Gref, by 2010 tariffs for services of housing and communal services will increase by 16 % on the average.