The Ministry of Finance has limited the indexation of money allowances of servicemen

According to the draft law "On the federal budget for 2018 and the planning period of 2019 and 2020," the money allowances of military and paramilitary personnel security forces plan indexed annually by 4% for the inflation forecast, according to the military. Of the Russian Federation with reference to rbc. The same indexing expects salaries of public sector employees, federal civil servants and parliamentarians. Meanwhile, the defense committee of the state duma noted that the indexation of money allowances of servicemen had been conducted since 2013. In the opinion of the parliament on the draft budget states that during this time "The general level of prices in the country rose by 46%, the cost of the minimum set of food products increased by almost 60%". During the preparation of the draft law of the ministry of defense has prepared two version of the calculations on indexation of money allowances, according to which the salaries of military personnel would remain "Not below the average wage in key sectors of the economy. " however, these proposals were not reflected in the final draft of the document. In the committee of the state duma believe that "Given the importance of tasks performed by military personnel need to look for opportunities to reallocate money in the budget" for indexing their allowances. It is noted that this can be done for the second reading of the bill in the duma. Recall that in 2014, deputy defense minister tatyana shevtsova in a public speech mentioned that the average level of military pay at that time was 10% above average earnings in the field of oil and gas production, and accounted for 62 thousand roubles a month.