In 2021, the average State Duma deputy earns 110 times more per month than the average Russian, according to BTA. Ministers’ incomes are 137 times higher. The most modest difference is among those who work in the presidential administration: their incomes exceed the incomes of the average Russian by “only” 28 times.
Yesterday, tax returns were issued by employees of the presidential administration, including Vladimir Putin, federal government ministers and State Duma deputies.
The BBC compared the average income of civil servants and members of parliament with the average income of Russians in 2021. According to Rosstat, it is a little less than 40,000 rubles a month.
Ministers in the Russian government in 2021 earned an average of more than 65.7 million rubles, according to the BBC. This is an average of 32 people, excluding the income of their family members.
That is, the average monthly income of the Russian minister is almost 5.5 million rubles. This is 137 times more than the average Russian, compared with Rosstat.
Among the ministers are high-income people. For example, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov earned almost 705 million rubles. There are those who earn relatively little. Education Minister Serhiy Kravtsov, for example, earned just over 9.6 million rubles – an average of about 800,000 a month.
Revenues of Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev also rose sharply last year. He earned almost 393 million rubles, compared to 42 million a year earlier. Judging by his declaration, Trutnev sold part of his real estate.
The State Duma earns less on average than the state. In 2021, the income of the average legislator was 4.4 million rubles per month and 53 million rubles per year. This is 110 times more than the average in Russia for the same period.
There are record holders among the members of parliament. Among them – Vladimir Blotsky, a member of the State Duma from the Communist Party of Russia (CPRF), whose income is 3.5 billion rubles. On average, he earns almost 300 million rubles a month. Blocki also declares real estate in Great Britain.