For about four years, the amounts of money received by the military did not change in any way, including not being subject to indexation. Meanwhile, prices increased significantly during this period, and the cost of the minimum set of food basket soared by 60%.

In 2018, people who dedicated their lives to serving in the army will receive a salary increase, which is good news. Even though their salaries are quite decent, they should also be regularly reviewed and changed according to the current economic situation and state of affairs in the country.

What is the monetary allowance of those in military service?

The amount that a military man receives every month is made up of several parts: salary for military rank, salary in accordance with the position held and additional payments due to a particular military man. The amount of payments is set at the federal level and must be reviewed annually taking into account the rate and percentage of inflation.
The salary of employees in the army ranges from 30 to 100 thousand rubles, if sergeants receive from 30,000, then the highest ranks - more than 100,000 rubles.

What affects the amount of allowance

1. The new system of payment for military equipment was calculated in 2011. Its goal was to increase the prestige of military service and attract new personnel. Factors influencing the amount of allowance received:
2. The salary depends on the rank and position.
3. The territory where the part is located. Special allowances have been developed for some regions. Additional payment for secrecy, it can be an amount equal to half the salary.
4. Positive passing of qualification tests increases the salary by a third of the salary.
5. Risks can increase the funds received by the military by a full salary.
6. Rewards for personal achievements.
7. Rewards for excellent performance of official duties.
8. Reimbursement of living expenses, expenses to justify military families in new living conditions.

When are military salaries expected to be indexed in 2018?

The Russian Ministry of Finance announced that a revision of military incomes in accordance with inflation is planned for the next few years. We can only hope that the corresponding resolution will be adopted and will begin to work in January next year. Official sources say that allowances will increase by 4 percent, which will correspond to an increase in salaries for those who work in the public sector.

The salary level is entirely up to the government of the Russian Federation and is based on reports provided by the executive authorities that have jurisdiction over the military service.
If we consider only the salaries of military personnel, their growth can be traced to the following positions, selectively.
People serving as soldiers and sailors can count on an increase from 10 thousand rubles to 10.4.
For senior officers - from 18 to 18.72.
For officers:
Platoon commanders will receive instead of 20,000 - 20,800 rubles.
Officers of the combined arms army - not 24.5 thousand rubles, but 25.48.
Deputy army commanders will receive 36.4 thousand instead of 35 thousand rubles.

Should we still expect a salary increase in 2018?

According to one version, there is a draft document that spells out all the expenses of the Ministry of Defense, including the payment of salaries to the military. Based on it, there is no clear increase in income.
However, in 2018 the country is expecting presidential elections, and one can hope that in this regard some progress will be made towards increasing wages for public sector employees and the military. But if indexation is nevertheless carried out, then its size will completely depend on the rate of inflation, will not exceed its size, and will amount to no more than 6%.

The issue regarding military salaries is planned to be reviewed in 2018. The question remains whether the salaries of military personnel will be raised.

Criteria for the formation of military pay

The prospect of employment in the army on a contract basis allows you to have a stable, high monthly income. Naturally, at the initial stages the salary will be minimal, however, with the acquisition of experience and length of service, the salary will increase significantly. The calculation of salaries for employees directly depends on several circumstances, which include:

• the salary is determined by the rank of the serviceman, as well as the position held in the army;
• location of a military unit on the ground;
• features of the official position in a designated place or a number of troops associated with secrecy add about 65% to the entire salary;
• successful completion of qualification exams (possibility of an increase of up to 30%);
• increase in case of unsafe service conditions (up to 100%);
• bonuses for special merits (100% of salary);
• accruals in the form of bonuses for good performance (about 25%);
• accrual of increases for extremely difficult working conditions (applies to regions of the northern part of the country);
• compensation for housing costs;
• one-time minor allowances to prepare living conditions in a new place.

Important! The last paragraph provides for an amount equivalent to 100% of the salary; family members of military personnel also fall into the category: also 25% of the same amount.

In any case, the salary of employees in law enforcement agencies primarily depends on rank and service conditions.

Salary of military personnel at the present time

The material side of the military structure was limited in December last year. At that time, the state administration adopted a law that abolished the indexation of wages for the military, which significantly affected their financial situation. External economic factors also contribute to this, since a significant increase in inflation and prices is noticeable.

These circumstances made it possible to devalue the work of law enforcement agencies by up to 48%, which is almost half of the salary. The deferment noted in the 2016 law is extended until January 2018. This can negatively affect employee morale and lead to grievances on their part.

In connection with the current situation, the question arises about returning to the use of indexation of wages for military personnel. This will not be marked by too intense indicators, however, there is a chance to resolve the issue in favor of the employees. A possible increase in military salaries in 2018 is planned, however, its exact figures have not yet been announced. The only forecast in this case is the possibility of a rise in line with inflation.

What is the situation with the salaries of civilian employees?

The circumstances of the civilian staff of law enforcement agencies largely correspond to the situation of law enforcement officials. Even before the abolition of indexations, the financial situation was not at a high level.

The aforementioned 2016 law also contained information regarding this category of employees. The new three-year budget for 2017-2019 confirmed the lack of government intentions to index or increase military salaries, including in 2018.

Should we expect an increase in salary?

Experts predict progress in solving the issue of military salaries in 2018. This is supported by several factors, the first of which indicates the possibility of wages depreciating to a critical level. The second is the formation of a high rate of dissatisfaction in a social group; this factor in the case of employees in law enforcement agencies acquires dangerous tendencies. Similar cases have already been noted in history, which the state government took into account. However, even based on this circumstance, the answer to the question of whether military salaries will be raised in 2018 is not known with certainty.

Experts have no doubt that an increase should be expected, but what limits this rise will affect still remains open. According to experts in the field of economics, sociology and political science, consideration of the issue of abolishing indexation is necessary. Otherwise, the government risks encountering indignation on the part of the military, and this threatens mass unrest.

Government agencies have already raised the issue of increasing military salaries for 2018. The result was the adopted bill, which provides for the return of indexation and an increase in salaries for employees. This bill also addresses issues regarding pay for law enforcement and federal employees. We also considered the possibility of returning the indexation of judges' salaries.

At the beginning of 2018, based on the specified points in the bill, the resumption of wage indexation for the military is predicted. At the same time, the mechanism and percentage of indexation will most likely be subject to changes. It is reliably known that the indexing position will now directly depend on the balancing and approval of the budget, and not on the percentage of inflation, as was previously accepted.

Due to the fact that discontent is already beginning to grow, officials allow themselves to make encouraging forecasts regarding the growth of military salaries in 2018. At the same time, today the situation remains within the same boundaries, and the economic part is in greater decline.

Salary forecasts for law enforcement agencies for 2018

Both independent experts and government representatives expressed their opinions regarding the expected increase. In this case, opinions agreed, the minimum salary should be 50 thousand rubles. This applies only to the salary itself, not counting the various plans for increases and bonuses.

For the period from 2017 to 2018, the government intends to allocate about 400 billion rubles for material compensation for the work of military personnel. This number takes into account the possibility of curbing inflation, however, even with this taken into account, it cannot cover the needs of the largest army. The Department of Military Affairs is already focusing government attention on considering the suspension of indexing. The indexing moratorium is scheduled to be lifted in January next year. The state leadership predicts that the depreciation of military salaries will stop in 2018, and an increase of 5.5% is expected. The data is based on the arguments of government experts. Such measures are planned to be taken in order to prevent outbreaks of discontent.

There is another possible way out of the situation, as experts note. If a financial opportunity arises to increase, such measures will be immediately applied. However, this will be marked by a completely insignificant increase, amounting to 3-4% of the current salary, which is now called compensation. So the question of whether there will be an increase in military salaries in 2018 remains open.

According to the conclusion of the State Duma Committee on Defense on the draft law “On the federal budget for 2018 and for the planning period of 2019 and 2020,” the committee considered the amount of indexation of military pay proposed by the Ministry of Finance insufficient.

The draft budget provides for an annual indexation of the salaries of military personnel and law enforcement officers by 4%.

However, as the Duma committee reports, the general level of prices in the country during the time when military personnel’s salaries were not indexed rose by 46%, the cost of the minimum set of food products increased by almost 60%, therefore, military personnel’s salaries should be indexed differently.

“According to the Defense Committee, the planned annual indexation of wages for civilian personnel of military units and organizations of the “power bloc” only by the forecast inflation rate of 4.0% does not change the situation, moreover, it may lead to the fact that for a number of workers the wages of will be less than the minimum wage. It seems that it is necessary to search for the possibility of redistributing monetary allocations,” the conclusion says.

Salary of military personnel in 2018, latest news: the State Duma decided that the indexation of military salaries by 4% is insufficient
As RBC reports, during the preparation of the draft federal budget, the Ministry of Defense sent to the Ministry of Finance two versions of calculations for indexing the pay of military personnel, but this initiative “was not reflected” in the final draft budget, Rosregistr.ru reports. It has not yet been reported how much the Ministry of Defense proposed to index military salaries.

In 2012, a provision on annual indexation was adopted. 2014 was marked by the signing of a law on increasing pay for military personnel serving under contract and conscription in the territories of Crimea and Sevastopol.

As you know, for several years now, due to the crisis, military salaries have not been indexed.

On the one hand, there is a new bill with a special register, which spells out all expenditure obligations fulfilled from budget funds.

The document indicates a fixed annual amount of salary for the period from 2017 to 2019, from which it can be judged that there will be no increase in salaries in these years.

On the other hand, presidential elections await us in the spring of 2018, during which it is quite possible to expect “good news” from the authorities for the military and other segments of the population.

But even if indexation is resumed, its size will not exceed 5-6 percent, experts say. It will correspond to the inflation rate and no more. It is unknown whether such an increase will affect the quality of life of military personnel. But still, something is better than nothing.

Military salaries have not been indexed since 2013, although according to the law on monetary allowances for military personnel, salaries for military positions and ranks must be indexed annually to take into account inflation, notes the Duma committee chaired by Vladimir Shamanov.

“We really, maybe even were too economical in this part. But now, despite all the difficulties, we understand that it is necessary to ensure an increase in the salaries of military personnel and law enforcement officers,” Siluanov said last week.

However, the general level of prices in the country during the time when military personnel’s salaries were not indexed rose by 46%, the cost of the minimum set of food products increased by almost 60%, the Defense Committee calculated.

The State Duma published reviews and conclusions of relevant committees on the bill “On the federal budget for 2018 and for the planning period 2019–2020.” As follows from the analysis of documents, starting in 2018, the government is heading towards a significant reduction in military spending.

Expenses related to providing social guarantees for military personnel will be frozen or reduced. At the same time, as is known, in recent years more than 30% of the budget has been allocated to the defense and security of the country.
The data presented in the document contradicts the promises of President Vladimir Putin, which he made in June 2017, speaking at a gala reception in honor of graduates of military universities.
“We will continue to provide decent wages, provide permanent official housing, and improve the quality of medical care for military personnel and family members,” the head of state said then.
Meanwhile, as follows from the conclusion of the Duma Defense Committee No. 44/3 on the 2018 budget bill, signed by its chairman, Hero of Russia Vladimir Shamanov, the government does not intend to significantly index the pay of military personnel next year.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said last week that the budget for the next three years includes indexation of pay for military personnel and law enforcement officers.

It follows from the budget bill for 2018 and for subsequent years that the salaries of the military and similar security forces will be indexed annually by 4% - according to forecast inflation, as well as the salaries of public sector employees, federal civil servants and parliamentarians.

The indexation of military pay, which has not been carried out for five years, will cost the federal budget 300 billion rubles in the next three years. By 2020, the state will spend about 14% of the budget on paying salaries to the military.

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The first indexation of military and security personnel pay in six years will cost the budget 67 billion rubles in 2018, and in the next two years, when indexation continues, additional budget expenses for these purposes will increase to 83.9 billion and 148.4 billion rubles . accordingly, it follows from the government’s amendments to the second reading of the draft budget. Thus, increasing military salaries in 2018-2020 will require a total of almost 300 billion rubles from the state.

In 2018, the budget will spend 2.27 trillion rubles on payouts to military personnel and persons of equal status. (13.8% of total budget expenditures), and this is only in the open part. The non-assessable share of expenses for payments to the military and security forces goes under secret budget items, it follows from the amendments. By 2020, open spending on military allowances will reach 2.39 trillion rubles. (13.9% of the total budget), follows from the draft budget and proposed amendments to it.

Money for indexation was allocated from the “presidential reserve” - 847 billion rubles, initially reserved in the draft budget in the “National Economy” section for “individual decisions of the president.”

Who will be indexed?

The fact that the pay of the military and equivalent categories will begin to be indexed by 4% (forecast inflation rate) was stated in the materials for the draft budget presented in early October, but the cost of this decision for the treasury was not disclosed. According to the law, employees of internal affairs bodies, the National Guard, the Federal Penitentiary Service and the state fire service are equated to military personnel. Military personnel also include employees of the FSB, FSO and the Foreign Intelligence Service, a representative of the Ministry of Finance explained to RBC.

Payments to the military and security forces will increase, as will the salaries of public sector workers not covered by the May decrees of the president, federal civil servants and parliamentarians, as well as judges, prosecutors and employees of the Investigative Committee - all of them are scheduled to be indexed at 4% per year, which has not been carried out for several years .

The head of the laboratory of military economics at the Gaidar Institute, Vasily Zatsepin, supports increasing the pay of both military and civil servants. “Our standard of living has stopped, and some believe it has fallen. “Perhaps, before the indexation freeze, the salaries of generals increased tenfold, but little has changed among ordinary sergeants, which may be related to the current problems with recruiting so-called contract soldiers,” he noted. The quality of budget planning may improve if the economy manages to switch to an annual automatic wage indexation regime. “To do this, we will have to get used to the factor of reducing inflation, which is still new to us,” he believes.

TsSR expert Ilya Sokolov, on the contrary, considers it inappropriate to index the same content of state employees and military personnel in the conditions of the latter’s transition to a contract payment system. “At one time, military personnel received less than the average salary in the economy, but after the army reform was carried out in 2010-2011 and their pay was significantly increased, additional indexation lost its meaning. The same applies to preferential mortgages, which state employees do not have,” he says.

Indexation is not fixed for 2019 and 2020

The costs of indexing the salaries of the military and everyone else would have been even higher if the government had not decided to shift the indexation deadline in 2019 and 2020 to October 1 (the next salary increase is scheduled for January 1, 2018).

The law on monetary allowances for military personnel stipulates that their salaries are subject to annual indexation taking into account inflation in accordance with the law on the federal budget, but this norm was suspended on January 1, 2014. The suspension expires on January 1, 2018 - accordingly, the government returns to implementing the corresponding norm from the law on military allowances (no separate law is needed).

Since the law on monetary allowances states that indexation is carried out in accordance with the budget law, this means that next year, when the government adopts a new “rolling” budget for three years, the indexation figures in 2019 and 2020 may change depending on current inflation data. And the forecast for price growth may well change: for example, for 2017, the Ministry of Economic Development now expects the figure to be 2.5-2.8%, although it initially predicted 3.8%.

The military is not enough

Earlier, RBC's source in the State Duma and a source in the Ministry of Defense said that the possibility of indexing military salaries to a higher level was being discussed. The State Duma Defense Committee in its conclusion on the draft budget addressed the insufficient increase in allowances. Committee deputies emphasized that during the time until salaries were indexed, prices in the country increased by 46%, the cost of the minimum set of food products rose by almost 60%.

In order to ensure that the salaries of military personnel do not fall below the average salaries in leading sectors of the economy, the Ministry of Defense, during the preparation of the draft federal budget, developed and sent to the Ministry of Finance two options for calculations for indexing the pay of military personnel, the defense committee reported in its conclusion, but these proposals “were not reflected "in the final draft budget. The document does not say how much the Ministry of Defense proposed to index military salaries.

“The relevant State Duma Committee on Defense will consider amendments to the second reading at a meeting on November 9, after which it will be possible to comment on the proposals of the Ministry of Finance,” committee head Vladimir Shamanov told RBC. According to him, the processes of agreeing on a common position are very difficult within the committee. “The process is complicated. We have all four factions represented, and there is no common understanding yet,” added Shamanov.

In total, indexation will affect at least 2.7 million people: currently the maximum number of Armed Forces in Russia is 1.9 million people (of which 1.03 million are military personnel), employees of internal affairs bodies are set at 904 thousand people, employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service - 225 thousand, fire service - 251 thousand. The number of the Russian Guard, as its commander-in-chief Viktor Zolotov told Interfax, exceeds 340 thousand people. Taking into account the civilian personnel of the Armed Forces, whose wages will also be indexed by 4%, the number of people covered will exceed 3.5 million.

The Ministry of Finance did not explain what the average amount of allowance for military personnel and equivalent categories is, forwarding the request to the relevant departments. In January 2016, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda publication, Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova reported that in 2015 the average level of allowance for military personnel was 62.2 thousand rubles.

What will the money be used for?

Military personnel will receive the most of the additional expenses in the next three years - 73.3 billion rubles, as follows from the amendments to the open part of expenses under the “National Defense” section.

About 6 billion rubles. It is proposed to increase the salaries of investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee conducting the preliminary investigation (the FSB also has such powers), and the same amount - to those who are engaged in operational activities in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service. 27 billion rubles are provided to increase the salaries of employees of the Russian Guard. for three years, and for employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service - 20.4 billion rubles. The amendments include 11.4 billion rubles for indexation in the departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and almost 8 billion rubles in the Investigative Committee. About 59 billion rubles related to the indexation of cash benefits are covered by closed expense items, which are not possible to track. An increase in spending on military personnel by 300 billion rubles, or 0.3% of GDP, creates risks of an incorrect structure of government spending, says Ilya Sokolov.

With the participation of: Inna Sidorkova

Many motorists are already wondering whether traffic rules will be amended in 2018. Their excitement is based on the fact that in the coming years a radical transformation of traffic rules is planned in order to bring them closer to international standards.

There are many discussions on this topic, both in the State Duma and among ordinary car owners. Every car enthusiast wants to be aware of the latest innovations in this area, because knowledge will help to avoid various mistakes on the road and fines from traffic police officers.

Innovations in the field of traffic rules will take effect in 2018. Their exact number has not yet been established, but we can highlight the main changes that should be paid attention to.

Starting from January 1, 2018, additions to compulsory motor third-party liability insurance will be introduced. The accompanying document states that the electronic MTPL policy must contain a two-dimensional QR code that can display and confirm the presence of compulsory insurance.

This code will contain information that can show all the data from the insurance contract posted on the official website of the insurance company. This portal will also contain information about the vehicle, its owner, dates of drawing up and expiration of the contract, etc.

In the future, any vehicle should be equipped with the ERA-GLONASS system, capable of quickly transmitting data about an accident to insurers, as well as registering an accident without traffic police officers. Initially, this rule was supposed to come into force on January 1, 2017, but officials slightly revised their decision and postponed it to 2018.

The advantage of the innovation is the ability to register minor accidents without having traffic cops at the vehicle. But there are also disadvantages - the driver will have to spend money on purchasing and installing the system in the car.

The new rules will affect the procedure for registration and re-registration of vehicles. An increase in state duty is coming, but it is not yet clear what the final amount will be. There are rumors that the state duty will be equal to two thousand rubles.

Minor changes will occur in that part of the law that talks about mandatory vehicle documentation. Each vehicle must have a diagnostic card, and its absence can lead to more serious consequences than those that apply now.

The owner of the car must necessarily confirm the fact of passing the technical inspection. It turns out that if this document expires, the car will again have to be sent to the appropriate organizations for maintenance.

Motorcyclists will have the opportunity to move between rows. Also, special markings (stop line) will be made for owners of cars and motorcycles, as is done in the European Union. Experts say that by giving motorcyclists the right to move first when the traffic light is green, it will be possible to achieve high safety at intersections.

However, traffic police officers do not share such optimistic views, so this innovation is still under discussion.

The amendments will also affect driving rules at roundabouts. Most likely, motorists driving around the circle will have an advantage over drivers entering the circle. It turns out that movement in a circle will become dominant.

This approach will help relieve traffic congestion at roundabouts and prevent confusion, as drivers currently know two options for driving through roundabouts.

The government of the Russian Federation is also considering the establishment of a “quiet traffic zone”, where every pedestrian will be able to cross the road without hindrance, and motorists will be required to reduce the speed of their vehicles to a minimum. Similar zones are often found in developed European countries.

New road signs

In the Russian Federation, they have long been thinking about adding new road signs to the legislative framework, including traffic rules.

Technologies are developing rapidly, very soon unique ones may appear on our roads, but some restrictions in the laws do not allow this matter to advance beyond talk. In Russia they are confident that the first step towards innovation on the roads will be the development of new signs.

The creation of road signs was ordered by the company “Cognitive Technologies” in the design studio of Artemy Lebedev. Thus, in the future, we will all be able to observe additional designations in traffic regulations such as “Attention, there is an unmanned vehicle on the section”, “The beginning of the road section with the participation of an unmanned vehicle” and “The end of the road section with the participation of an unmanned vehicle”.

It is planned to install new road signs only on those sections of the road where the drones will be tested.

As we see, the future is just around the corner. The above innovations will help make travel on highways safe and comfortable. The main thing is that all drivers strictly adhere to these rules, take care of themselves and those around them.

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