Putin’s Salary Halved in 2018, Kremlin Says

President Vladimir Putin earned less than half in 2018 than he did the previous year, the Kremlin announced on Friday.

Putin earned 18.7 million rubles ($291,000) in 2017, the state-run RIA Novosti news outlet quoted a Kremlin announcement as saying.

His pay in 2018 fell to 8.6 million rubles ($134,000).

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s yearly pay rose from 8.6 million rubles in 2017 to 9.9 million rubles ($154,000) in 2018, RIA Novosti reported.


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