Return of Russia's economic rollercoaster:
I guess the author means by 15,000 and not to 15,000. However the follow snippet tells an even worse story:His son is a captain in the fire brigade. His salary was 60,000 rubles a month but he had told his father that the ministry in charge of the emergency services had just announced to its employees that their salaries would be slashed to 15,000 a month - around 190 euros.
In February the government announced its members would take a 10-percent cut from their 250,000 ruble a month pay packets, but this goes far beyond that.
"I'm so mad I just want to punch the minister in the face," the driver said, wondering how on earth his family would survive.
Russian Cinema Attendance during New Year was down 30%, so the great wage decline of 2015 did take its toll also there.Tough times
On hearing this we rang a friend who works for the fire department, albeit at a lower rank. His story was worse. He hadn't been paid for December. He won't be paid in January and said he'd be lucky if he was paid in February - and if he is, it won't be at his usual rate.
There is also an interesting bit about the flight of capital, which was a big topic in this thread and with $150 billion a big flow in 2014:
A few months back staff at airports actively started asking if passengers were carrying cash out of the country since amounts above $10,000 must be declared. The last time they asked me, my reply was simple: "Unfortunately not," but the border guard said I'd be surprised how many people were carrying bags of cash in their hand luggage.
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