Russian President Vladimir Putin
has decided to nearly triple his salary after news based on his
income declaration revealed that he earned less than the Russian
premier, other ministers and high officials, taking only 3.7
million rubles per year, the equivalent of 74,000 euros,
officials said Monday.
Putin will see his salary raised by a factor of 2.65 to
bring his pay in line with other personnel and officials who,
over the last two administrations, received pay hikes that
passed over both the head of state and the premier, said
government spokesman Dmitri Peskov.
Peskov himself earned 9.2 million rubles, equal to about
185,000 euros, in comparison.
Premier Dmitri Medvedev earned 4.3 million rubles, or
roughly 85,000 euros.
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