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Million-worth salaries and bonuses will remain a thing of the past.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that monthly salaries of all civil servants, regardless of rank and position, will amount to no more than UAH 47,000 ($1.730) starting April.
The statement came in a video address to the nation posted on the Facebook page of the President's Office.
"All officials should tighten their belts: starting April, regardless of rank and position, their salary shall not exceed UAH 47,000. This applies to everyone: judges, people's deputies, prosecutors, employees of the National Bank of Ukraine, the CEC, and many other officials," Zelensky said.
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According to the president, the same restrictions shall apply to members of supervisory boards of state-run companies.
Million-worth salaries and bonuses will remain a thing of the past," Zelensky stressed. "These decisions are important; they prove the philosophy of the new government."