MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday he was cutting his salary by 10 percent as well as the earnings of several top government officials, as the countrys economy reels from the collapse of the ruble.The salaries of Putin, his Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and the president of the powerful Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, will all be cut by 10 percent from March 1 to December 31, according to a decree signed by the president.The wage reduction also applies to all of those employed by the presidency and the council of ministers.The move comes …read more
Source: Dunya TV
