Putin has banned raising government officials' salaries, but not all regions agree.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin signed A law that freezes indexation of government officials' salaries until 2025. This is expected to save the budget 36 billion rubles.
On the preparation of such a law "NeMoscow" Reported Back in October. It was originally planned to apply to the salaries of all public sector employees. However, after much debate, deputies ultimately decided to maintain the indexation for military and police officers, because the country is at war. They also decided to maintain it for teachers and medical workers—apparently because the country is preparing for elections.
However, as regional news feeds show, not all regions intend to implement the law signed by Putin.
For example, the governor Volgograd region Andrey Bocharov intends to raise The salaries of all regional officials will increase by almost 19%. Budget amendments have already been adopted by regional Duma deputies and published on the official legal information portal. According to the document, salaries of regional officials will increase by 10,9% in December and by another 8% in January.
They plan to do so by 10%. to enlarge salaries of officials in Kurgan region.
Incidentally, next year's federal budget was adopted with a deficit of 1.5 trillion rubles. Of this, 38,6%—14,2 trillion rubles—is planned for defense and security. Another 27% of the budget expenditures are classified.