The head of the Russian-Ukrainian delegation earns 10 times more than Putin
Chief Negotiator of Russia negotiating with Ukraine is the highest earner in the Kremlin, 10 times more than President Putin.
On April 15, the Kremlin announced property declaration annual. A 2008 anti-corruption law requires public servants to declare their income, assets and real estate.
According to the results of the asset declaration, the highest-paid official of the Kremlin in 2021 is not Russian President Vladimir Putin but assistant Vladimir Medinsky. Mr. Medinsky – former culture minister, now a special assistant to President Putin, who led recent peace negotiations with Ukraine – earned 106.8 million rubles ($1.28 million). – in 2021, almost 10 times more than Mr. Putin.
Medinsky’s income in 2021 is up six times from 17.6 million rubles ($213,000) in 2020, while his wife’s income increased from 47.9 million rubles ($590,000) to 77.3 million rubles ($954,000) ).
According to the report, President Putin’s income in 2021 is 10.2 million rubles ($126,000), up from 9.9 million rubles ($122,000) a year earlier. Putin’s assets remain the same – including two apartments, two Volga sedans and a Niva SUV with a tractor. All of Mr. Putin’s real estate is in Russia, thus immune to orders punish Russia imposed by the United States and its allies in the conflict in Ukraine.
Among the top three richest officials in the Kremlin are the head of the Office of Expert Management Vladimir Simonenko with an income of 95.8 million rubles ($1.18 million) and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Oleg Khramov with 38 million rubles ($469,000).
Vladimir Medinsky led the Russian negotiating team during negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey at the end of March. After these negotiations, Russia withdrew its troops from the vicinity of the capital Kiev and a number of other cities. in northern Ukraine, as a gesture of goodwill. However, within a week, Kiev accused Russia of “war crimes” and submitted a proposal that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said was different from the proposal previously agreed.
In a speech earlier this week, President Vladimir Putin said that the Negotiations with Ukraine has “returned to a deadlock”.
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