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MOSCOW, April 14 - RIA Novosti. The Kremlin and the Russian government on Friday published declarations with data on the income of top officials of the state. Thus, the income of Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2016 actually did not change compared to 2015, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in turn, lost somewhat in finances.
At the same time, the richest person in the government at the end of last year was the Minister for North Caucasus Affairs, Lev Kuznetsov, as reported by declarations published by the Kremlin and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation.
Putin's income
At the end of 2016, the Russian leader earned about 8.858 million rubles, while a year earlier the head of state’s income amounted to 8.891 million rubles, according to the declaration.
In 2014, Putin earned 7.654 million rubles. In 2015, he decided to cut his salary by 10%.
The composition of Putin’s movable and immovable property indicated in the declaration also did not change in 2016 - this is a plot of land, an apartment with an area of 77 square meters and a garage, as well as another apartment with an area of 153.7 square meters and a garage space for use. Movable property includes GAZ M-21 and Niva cars and a Skif trailer.
Medvedev Declaration
Prime Minister Medvedev earned 8.58 million rubles in 2016, according to the declaration published on the website of the Russian government.
Moreover, in 2015 the prime minister’s income amounted to almost 8.8 million rubles.
In 2014, the Prime Minister’s income amounted to more than 8 million rubles; in 2013, Medvedev’s earnings, according to the declaration, amounted to 4.2 million rubles.
As in previous years, Medvedev has a long-term lease for 49 years on a land plot of 47 acres, an apartment with an area of 367.8 square meters, as well as two cars - GAZ-20 and GAZ-21.
The wife of the head of government, like last year and the year before, did not earn anything this time. She still owns a foreign car, a Volkswagen Golf, two parking spaces, and has an apartment of 367.8 square meters.
The press service of the Russian government explained the decrease in the income of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in 2016 by a decrease in the amount of the deposit and interest on it.
Wealthy ministers
Minister for North Caucasus Affairs Lev Kuznetsov earned more than other members of the Cabinet in 2016, his income amounted to 582 million rubles, Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov declared 520.9 million rubles in income, as follows from published declarations.
Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev declared 356.9 million rubles in income for 2016.
The highest annual income among government officials was explained by the head of the Ministry of Caucasus, Lev Kuznetsov, as profit from deposits and the sale of real estate.
The high incomes of the Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who in 2016 ceded “leadership” to Kuznetsov, are associated with the further sale of assets transferred to trust management, the minister’s press secretary Alena Zhukova told RIA Novosti.
In 2015, Abyzov earned more than 455 million rubles. The minister explained his high income by the sale of securities, property and profits from asset management.
The "poorest"
The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev, declared the lowest income of all members of the Russian Cabinet for 2016 - 5.6 million rubles, which is 200 thousand less than the lowest earnings of a Russian minister in 2015, according to reporting documents published on the government website.
Tkachev’s wife declared about 10 million rubles in income for 2016.
The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergei Donskoy earned 5.7 million rubles in 2016, the head of the Ministry of Sports Pavel Kolobkov reported an income of 5.74 million rubles, in particular, indicating the ownership of a VAZ-21083 car.
Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov indicated in his declaration an income of 5.8 million rubles; he is also the owner of a domestic Lada X-Ray car. Nikiforov’s wife earned eight times more than her husband in a year - 48.5 million rubles.
The head of the Ministry of Labor, Maxim Topilin, earned 5.84 million rubles last year - 100 thousand less than the year before; his wife declared 22.9 million rubles in income for 2016.
In 2015, Nikiforov and Topilin reported approximately equal earnings, declaring less than other members of the Cabinet - 5.8 million and 5.95 million rubles, respectively.
Income in the presidential administration
The largest income for 2016 in the presidential administration of the Russian Federation was declared by the first deputy head of the administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, he earned 85.487 million rubles.
After leaving Rosatom, Kiriyenko received a cash bonus, the amount of which he did not disclose. According to him, he contributed his entire cash bonus to the Foundation’s target capital to support domestic science and medical research in the fight against childhood cancer.
Deputy Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Sviridov received the least amount of money in the AP in 2016 - he declared 4.396 million rubles in income for the last year.
The head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Anton Vaino, earned in 2016, according to declarations, significantly less than Kiriyenko - his income amounted to 9.642 million rubles. First deputy head Alexey Gromov declared 8.641 million rubles in income. Deputies Magomedsalam Magomedov, Evgeny Ostrovenko indicated in the declaration for last year 7.526 million and 8.023 million rubles, respectively.
Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov declared 7.568 million rubles of income for last year, and his colleagues: Vladimir Kozhin - 16.291 million rubles, Igor Levitin - 30.111 million rubles, Vladislav Surkov - 8.758 million rubles, Yuri Ushakov - 8.126 million rubles.
In addition, the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Fursenko earned 11.185 million rubles last year, his colleagues Konstantin Chuichenko - 12.212 million rubles, Evgeny Shkolov - 7.734 million rubles, Igor Shchegolev - 7.1 million rubles, and Larisa Brycheva - 7.699 million rubles in income.
Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Activities, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov, former head of the presidential administration, indicated 13.1 million rubles in his income statement.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov earned 12.8 million rubles in 2016.
In 2015, Peskov’s personal income amounted to 36.7 million rubles. The head of state's press secretary explained the amount of income by inheritance. In 2014, Peskov earned 9.18 million rubles, and in 2013 - 9.21 million.
Peskov's wife, figure skater Tatyana Navka, brought 120.8 million rubles in income to the family, becoming one of the wealthiest Kremlin wives.
In addition, Navka and the wife of the special representative of the President Dmitry Livanov reported on the presence of foreign real estate.
Social block and culture
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Olga Golodets was ahead of her colleagues in the social block in the Cabinet in terms of income over the past year; she declared about 15.6 million rubles.
At the same time, Golodets’ income decreased by 7.5 million rubles compared to 2015.
The Deputy Prime Minister also declared foreign shared real estate: a house in Switzerland with an area of 220 square meters and an apartment in Italy with an area of 250 square meters. The Deputy Prime Minister also has two individually owned apartments in Russia.
The richest minister of the government's social block was Veronika Skvortsova - she declared about 6.63 million rubles in income. The minister owns two apartments and a parking space in Russia, as well as a Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 car.
Following Skvortsova in terms of income is the Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva. Her income for 2016 was about 6 million rubles. The minister owns two dachas, two plots of land (one for free use, the other for individual use), as well as shared ownership and free use of two apartments. Vasilyeva also owns a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport.
Maxim Topilin earned the least among the social ministers - he declared 5.8 million rubles. The head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has two apartments in Russia and other property for free use.
Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky declared 6.68 million rubles in income in 2016, and his wife Marina Medinskaya declared 43.7 million rubles.
The head of the Ministry of Culture owns a plot of land with an area of 34 acres and two residential buildings in Russia. In addition, there is an apartment for free use, also in the Russian Federation; In addition, Medinsky owns a GAZ-21 passenger car.
The minister's wife, Marina Medinskaya, declared nine real estate properties in Russia, among them a land plot in shared ownership with an area of almost 3.2 hectares. She also owns a GAZ M-20 passenger car.
Moscow officials on the evening of April 13 reported on income for 2015. Information about the earnings and property of civil servants is published on the City Hall website. Lenta.ru checked how the well-being of employees of the capital’s government has changed over the past year.
First among equals
Not for the first year in a row, the richest person in the Moscow government has been the head of the department of foreign economic and international relations, Sergei Cheremin: in a year he earned almost 90 million rubles. Cheremin's income increased - in 2014 he received only 75.4 million.
Cheremin owns a townhouse (with an area of 413 square meters), two apartments (175.8 and 74.1 square meters) and a summer house. In addition, he owns six dacha plots in Russia, the total area of which exceeds 15 thousand square meters. Compared to last year, one plot was added to his declaration. The civil servant also has three cars: Mercedes 500, Mercedes S 400 and Lexus LX 570. In addition, according to the declaration, Cheremin’s minor child has an apartment with an area of 133 square meters. There is no data on the income and property of Cheremin’s wife in the declaration.
Second place in terms of income was taken by Deputy Mayor for Transport and Road Infrastructure of Moscow Maxim Liksutov, who received almost 66 million rubles. This amount includes funds received by the official from the sale of a land plot with a residential building. Compared to 2014, his income increased 4.5 times - last April he declared an income of 14.5 million rubles.
The wife’s income is not taken into account in Liksutov’s declaration (the official divorced in 2013), but the vice mayor himself owns three land plots (total area - 4170 square meters), a residential building with an area of more than 2 thousand square meters, an apartment, two parking spaces and two non-residential premises. Another apartment is used by his two children. According to the declaration, the garage of Sergei Sobyanin’s deputy for transport issues houses three cars (Lexus LX 570, Mercedes-Benz CL 550 and Mercedes-Benz G55AMG) and five motorcycles (Harley-Davidson V-ROD Muscle, Aprilia Sportcity 250, Honda NSA700A, Aprilia Scarabeo 125 and Honda Goldwing GL 1800 Motor Trike).
With a good wife
The rest of the capital's officials cannot boast of such high incomes. Thus, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Pyotr Biryukov earned 6.9 million rubles this year (7.8 million rubles in 2014), and his wife earned almost twice as much: 13.8 million rubles. The official owns a plot of land, a country house and buildings, as well as a parking space. In addition, together with his wife, he owns an apartment with an area of 173.8 square meters. The wife of Moscow's main utility worker owns a plot of land, an Amaha VT 700 snowmobile and a Daimler-Benz car.
Deputy Mayor for Urban Policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin's income last year was 6.7 million rubles, and his wife's income was 8.7 million rubles. In 2014, the head of the construction complex earned 7.4 million rubles, and his wife then received 33.3 million rubles. Judging by the declaration, Khusnullin has two houses with an area of 205.6 and 614.8 square meters, two plots of land and an apartment; another house is in his use. Khusnullin's wife owns several plots of land, a residential building with buildings, a garden house, a Mercedes-Benz V Class car and part of an apartment - together with her husband. Another apartment is used by the deputy mayor's child.
Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs Mikhail Vyshegorodtsev can be proud of his wife with the highest earnings: her income amounted to 27 million rubles. Vyshegorodtsev himself received only 3 million rubles - less than all his colleagues in the government. The authorized person owns a garage-box, although the Mercedes-Benz V250 Bluetec is registered to his wife. Also, the declaration of Vyshegorodtsev’s wife lists six plots of land, a house with an area of more than 2 thousand square meters, two apartments and a parking space.
The head of the department of economic policy and city development, Maxim Reshetnikov, earned 5.4 million rubles. Compared to last year, his income decreased almost six times: in 2014, he indicated in his declaration the amount of 30.9 million rubles. The earnings of Reshetnikov’s wife decreased even more significantly - from 24.9 million rubles in 2014 to 548 thousand in 2015.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reports on his income separately from the government; he can submit his declaration until April 30.
Today, April 15, a declaration of income of the President of Russia, members of his administration and members of the government for the past year appeared on the Kremlin website. Next, we suggest finding out how much prominent politicians in our country earned in 2015 and what they own.
Vladimir Putin's income increased by 1.2 million (16%) compared to 2014 and amounted to 8.891 million rubles. The head of state owns a plot of 1,500 square meters. m., apartment (77 sq. m.). and a garage (18 sq. m.). In addition, Putin has three cars: two Volgas, a GAZ-21 and a Niva. There is also a Skif car trailer. The president has an apartment (153 square meters) and one garage space (18 sq. m.) for use.
The income of Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov for the past year was 36.7 million rubles. His wife Tatyana Navka earned 89 million rubles. Peskov has three apartments (with a total area of over 270 sq. m.). Navka has four more apartments (an area of more than 490 sq. m.), in addition, she owns a house (779 sq. m.) and two land plots with an area of more than 9,300 sq. m. m. One of the apartments is located in the USA. Peskov has one car registered to him, a Toyota Land Cruiser 200. Navka has three cars: Mercedes-Benz CL 63 AMG, Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG, Lexus RX350. She also owns a Yamaha all-terrain vehicle.
Dmitry Medvedev earned 8.7 million rubles in 2015, which is 716 thousand rubles more than in 2014. The Prime Minister's wife Svetlana has no declared income. Medvedev has an apartment of 367 square meters. m., and a land plot of 4,700 sq. m allocated to him for lease for 49 years. m. In the Medvedevs’ garage “Pobeda” GAZ-20 and “Volga” GAZ-21. My wife has a Volkswagen Golf.
The income of the Presidential Internet Advisor German Klimenko amounted to 6.29 million rubles, his wife earned 116 thousand rubles. The official owns fully and partially three land plots with an area of more than 364 thousand square meters. m., one apartment, one non-residential premises, four buildings, a dining room, a laundry room, a guardhouse and a cellar. My wife has three apartments and a small plot of land. Klimenko drives a Dodge Durango SUV, his wife drives a Mitsubishi Outlander crossover. Two children each have an apartment to use. All real estate is located in Russia.
Other officials
The highest income last year was received by Minister Mikhail Abyzov, who oversees the Open Government. He earned 455.5 million rubles. He owns a Mercedes-Benz S500, two trailers, four motorcycles, a snowmobile, and a Robinson Clipper II helicopter worth $766,000. Abyzov uses an apartment in Italy. His wife owns a house in the UK and four cars: two Range Rover SUVs, a Porsche Panamera and a Lexus LS 460. Abyzov’s children have apartments in the UK and Italy.
Among Kremlin officials, foreign real estate is listed only in the family of presidential aide Andrei Fursenko. His wife uses the apartment, parking and utility room in Latvia.
There are many more owners and users of foreign real estate in the government. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets has an apartment in Italy and a dacha in Switzerland. First Deputy Chairman Igor Shuvalov and his wife rent an apartment in the UK. Deputy Chairman Alexander Khloponin and his wife have a plot (8223 sq. m.) in Italy “for recreational purposes.” Lev Kuznetsov, Minister for North Caucasus Affairs, has a plot, a house, an apartment and three garages in France.
