UPDATE: Russian President Putin earns 8.891 mln rbl in 2015
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MOSCOW, Apr 15 (PRIME) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin earned 8.891 million rubles in 2015, his wage rose from 7.654 million rubles in 2014, as follows from a statement published on the Kremlin’s Web site on Friday.
The income of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stood at about 8.8 million rubles.
Mikhail Abyzov, minister for coordination of the open government, earned 455 million rubles last year, the government said in a statement.
Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev gained about 153.8 million rubles, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov ranked third with about 144.7 million ruble earnings.
The richest minister Abyzov said that his high earnings were due to sales of securities and successful asset management.
(66.4954 rubles – U.S. $1)
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