More than a hundred Kemerovo medical workers received salaries below the minimum wage.

The Kemerovo Transport Prosecutor's Office conducted an inspection of RZD-Medicine. 

“In January 2025, the salary level will be 104 employees "The minimum wage in Russia was below the minimum wage," prosecutors reported. Since the beginning of 2025, the minimum wage in Russia has been 22 440 rubles a month.

To the chief physician of the clinic To Anton Krasnoyarov A notice to correct the violations has already been issued. The prosecutor's office also brought administrative charges against unnamed officials from RZD-Medicine. Specific penalties have not been specified.

Anton Krasnoyarov is known for having previously headed the Chita Medical College and the Nerchinsk Central Regional Hospital in Transbaikalia, and was also the first deputy minister of health Transbaikal Territory.

"They'll fix it now, they'll get their minimum wage and stop nagging," "I think every government agency has this kind of crap," "Study for seven years and then work for another three and a half years for next to nothing in gratitude," Social media users comment.

The Ministry of Health recently proposed tripling fines for medical graduates who refuse to work in state clinics and for those who decide to terminate their targeted training contracts early. According to the new version of the bill, the fine will be approximately 3,7 million rubles excluding tuition fees at specific universities. Furthermore, the bill establishes an annual deadline for employment.

Photo: Anton Krasnoyarov, official portal of the Zabaikalsky Krai