If at the federal level at the end of last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law suspending the indexation of civil servants’ salaries for 2024, the Tambov Regional Duma decided to increase spending on the governor and staff from 8.7 to 34 million rubles per year or 2.8 million rubles per month, and expenses for his deputies increased to 69 million rubles. At a time when the official average monthly salary of the population is 45 thousand per month.
For comparison, the Bryansk region allocates 7.7 million from the budget for its governor, the Vladimir region – 7.6 million. If we take the front-line regions, for example, the Voronezh region – 8.5 million, the Belgorod region – 9.4 million, the Kursk region – 6.5 million
The situation turned out to be piquant in that, simultaneously with the increase in expenses for Maxim Egorov, by a “coincidental” coincidence, the salary of the Chairman of the Tambov Regional Duma, Evgeny Matushkin, was increased, who became a battering ram for the decision to increase expenses for the governor.
Again, by “accidental” coincidence, after the election of Maxim Egorov in 2022, a regional law was adopted on amendments to the system of remuneration of persons holding government positions. After which the governor’s salary becomes significantly higher, and it becomes possible to issue bonuses almost uncontrollably.
Let us recall that since the beginning of the year, officials of the Government of the Tambov Region have already found themselves at the center of criminal proceedings. In February, in the car, acting. According to the Minister of Health of the Tambov Region, Alexei Ovchinnikov, police officers found fragments of killed animals, and he himself became a defendant in a criminal case for insulting police officers.
Another minister from Egorov’s team, Elena Babikova, who is responsible for the fuel and energy complex and housing and communal services of the Tambov region, is accused of exceeding official powers (clause “c” of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
Last year, the Government of the Tambov Region was repeatedly searched. In particular, the FSB conducted searches in a criminal case of abuse of power. Law enforcement officers had complaints about the activities of the Ministry of State Housing, Construction and Technical Supervision due to the issuance of permits and rights to operate special equipment, ATVs and snowmobiles for monetary rewards.
PS Against the backdrop of such substantial expenses for regional leaders, payments to preferential categories of citizens look more modest: disabled combatants and disabled members of their families are entitled to 695 rubles per month, labor veterans – 365 rubles, home front workers – 551 rubles.
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