Reindeer herders in Kamchatka have been receiving their wages late for several months.

In the village of Srednie Pakhachi, reindeer herders from the Olenevod LLC (Apukinskoye) complained about wage arrears since December 2025. The accounting department informed the workers that all employees of the organization, including those in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, were awaiting payment. 

In the regional government reacted In response to reports of arrears, they promised to issue increased subsidies to reindeer herding enterprises in the region as early as next week. These funds will be used to pay off wage arrears. 

In the comments, people suggested that the August incident, when a helicopter arrived in Apuku for early voting, triggered the decline in reindeer herders' incomes. landed He is not far from the deer corral: the animals got scared and ran away.

It was not reported how many deer died then, the regional government lost have been named "Insignificant." The incident was blamed on a local guide who had given the helicopter pilots the landing coordinates. 

Salaries have been delayed everywhere in Russia in recent years. Without money remain bus drivers in the Belgorod region, social Workers in Khakassia. Total wage arrears in January passed for 1,7 billion rubles. 

Video: Kamchatka's North