In Russia, benefits such as child benefit and maternity benefit are paid by the employer (or an educational institution) and reimbursed by the Social Insurance Fund (Fond Socialnovo Strahovanya Rosiyskoy Federaciy / Фонд социального страхования Российской Федерации). Effectively, it is the state that pays the benefits, but calculations are made based on the information supplied by an employer or the educational institution.