Putin raised the salaries of judges with the new year
Moscow. 26 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin raised early next year the salaries of the judges of the constitutional and Supreme courts and the Federal courts of General jurisdiction, Federal arbitration courts and the justices.
“In order to ensure social guarantees to judges, complete and independent implementation of justice I decide: to increase from 1 January 2018 to 1.04 times the salaries of judges of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme court of the Russian Federation, Federal courts of General jurisdiction, Federal arbitration courts and world judges of subjects of the Russian Federation”, — stated in the presidential decree posted on the Official Internet portal of legal information.
Putin instructed the government to provide funding for these costs.
Earlier, Putin also signed a decree on increasing the salaries of Federal officials.